The Clips aren’t second in the NBA with a 109.4 offensive rating (and only barely behind Golden State) for no reason. Brett Brown has constructed a strong defense around the unique talents of Nerlens Noel in his second year as Sixers head coach, but his young corps had absolutely no prayer against the Clippers starters, who in all fairness pretty much destroy everything in their path. To quote Sam Hinkie, Chris Paul has “optionality” when he’s running the offense. “They’re one of these teams that’s rare because they can post Blake [Griffin, duh], they can throw lobs to DeAndre [Jordan, duh again], they can bring [J.J.] Redick off a pin-down, and then they got the killer in pick-and-roll in Chris Paul,” Brown said after.
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