The Philadelphia 76ers reached a significant milestone on Friday night.
Sure, they climbed out of a four-game losing streak by firing off seven-straight victories, but the strength of competition hasn’t been notable.
While winning seven games in a row is still a solid accomplishment in the NBA, no matter what, the Sixers aren’t exactly kidding themselves right now.
“These type of wins don’t excite me too much,” said Embiid on Wednesday.
The Sixers might’ve dominated their opponents earlier in the week, but a Zion Williamson-less New Orleans Pelicans team gave them a tough time on Friday night.
Everyone needs to hold each other accountable on that, and we gotta play better defense.
But Sixers veteran Danny Green wants to see the team play a lot better than they have played recently before getting to the first round of the tournament.
“We got to be more locked in, and any team can win on any given night.