PJ Tucker had a message for Sixers after home loss to Spurs to start 0-3
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PHILADELPHIA–The Philadelphia 76ers had a good chance to get on the board on Saturday when they welcomed the San Antonio Spurs into the Wells Fargo Center. The Spurs are a young and rebuilding team with an average age of 23.81 on their roster so it seemed like this was a prime opportunity for the Sixers.
Instead, the Spurs used a heavy dose of Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson early and got a huge lift from Jakob Poeltl late to shock the Sixers 114-105. Philadelphia, who has title aspirations, fell to 0-3 in the young season which has raised some questions about this group.
“We’re not ready yet,” said coach Doc Rivers. “Honestly, we’re just not. We’re not ready to win yet. You can feel that and so we got a lot of work to do. It’s almost like we played these first two games hard, competed, and then felt like ‘OK, now we can win some games’, you still gotta go out and earn the game.”
PJ Tucker, Philadelphia’s prized free agent addition, was yelling that message in the locker room. Considering everything he has been through during his career, he is the one to have expertise in this area.
“Tuck was yelling that after the game,” Rivers added. “He’s right. No one’s just gonna give you a win. You have to go get it and you have to do it a lot every night. You can’t just pick and choose when we’re gonna show up right now and that’s what we’re doing.”
Tucker and the Sixers will take on the Indiana Pacers on Monday for their next chance to get in the win column.
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