76ers third quarter meltdowns needs to be studied

Un-fucking-real

Up 65-64 at halftime....now down 100-76 with 4 minutes left in the 3rd. Bro....

Outscored 36-11 right now in the 3rd and there's still FOUR FUCKING MINUTES LEFT IN THE 3RD QUARTER

HOWWWWW ARE THEY THIS BAD IN 3RD QUARTERS!?!?


Update: 39-13 3rd quarter and counting 😭

This post was edited by Sixers on Feb 9 2026 10:50pm

what needs to be studied about having 0 bench?

Well, tonight...yeah. no Embiid, no PG, and no Grimes off the bench. Short handed tonight for sure.


But the 3rd quarter thing isn't new. These mfs just seem to never come out of halftime with any momentum.

Jazz pulling off insane tanking moves. Just blatannt as can be.

They were up 7 going into the 4th quarter vs Orlando and then benched Markkanan, JJJ, and Nurkic for the ENTIRE 4th quarter and let the Magic come back and win.

The NBA is gonna do something about this soon.

meanwhile, what are the sixers doing?

Letting Jose Alverado go off in 19 minutes

76ers would fall apart if Maxey can’t go any given night

No embiid or PG

But sure

And Morey selling depth for future picks because he doesn’t think the team can compete this year with two anchor max contracts

Why are the 76ers so inconsistent? They're the Rockets of the Eastern Conference. Too talented.
At this point I'm just ready for the NBA playoffs. Rockets will be 50-50 to get out of the first round.

No Steven Adams hurts a lot. We lose so much toughness and rebounding. Fred VanVleet's leadership can't be replaced.
Although there's a small chance that VanVleet will return for the playoffs. He'd be 75% at best. I'd still take that though.

A 75% Fred VanVleet rushed back from an ACL can still dictate the pace and flow of the game. Still the best ball handler we have.