Tass Mellis

I don't know if he's always going to be a first-half guy, but he had 21 of his 29 points in the first half and then able to do that defensively.

Tyrese Maxey, also good on both sides.

He had 43 minutes first game back from his finger injury.

I thought his dunk early in the fourth quarter that was on a fast break really was able to turn this game.

So those three guys and the way they beat the Charlotte Hornets, I thought was impressive.

And that, yeah, I would take...

Most likely the Cavs or the Knicks, depending on where the Sixers fall, if it's five or six, hopefully for them as they continue to move up here, if they can get up there.

But because those guys are the big three, no disrespect to Vijay Edgecombe, but that's why you feel good about this team, because they've got big three and they've got Vijay Edgecombe, and they continue to...

To beat teams.

Right now, they're getting it together again because their big three hasn't played together in two months.

So this was very, very big for them.

They're getting right at the right time.

I know it sounds really weird when you're talking about Paul George and Joel Embiid.

uh the guy was also paul one of them all also had 25 games that he was suspended uh so that was a part of it but joel and bead looking good so here we are uh i would love a series with them and the calves this was a silver lining to the maxi injury and the paul george suspension like it keep kept paul george healthy like he's got his legs underneath him right now he's got enough chance to get in rhythm and maxi was playing the most minutes in the league like he sat out for three weeks and he's still top 10 in total minutes played that's

how much of a load he's carried for this team.

So gets him a little bit of a rest as well.

And Beat has been in and out of the lineup.

But every time he plays, he looks awesome offensively.

And like you're saying, he made a couple of big defensive plays.

In this one, Sixers to me are like the definition of a dark horse team.