Rockets Display Impressive Home Record Ahead of 76ers Clash
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00:05 >> In Philadelphia, a road favorite on the road in H-Town against the Rockets,
00:09 the 76ers, a small two-point favorite at the moment against the Houston team,
00:15 J-Wives, it's 12 and 4 at home this year, booked as an underdog eight of those 16
00:20 games at home, both 6 and 2 straight up, and against the number as a home dog in
00:25 H-Town. We're still awaiting the status for sure of Joel Embiid, but
00:29 no props listed just yet for JoJo. There are out there for Tyrese Maxey and
00:34 Tobias Harris, and a few other 76ers. What will Philly do in the absence of Joel
00:39 Embiid against the Houston team that's been really good at home this year?
00:43 >> For me, I'm gonna be looking at Tyrese Maxey, and Tyrese Maxey has been
00:48 absolutely fantastic so far this year, but has struggled at times without Joel
00:54 Embiid. He had that 16-point performance, I do believe, against Minnesota early,
00:58 in the year. He obviously struggled with a 12-point performance versus at Miami.
01:03 And now listen, folks, here's another team, young team in Houston, that was one
01:07 of the worst defensive teams in the NBA, has become one of the best. Shout out to
01:11 Emile Doaker for what he's done defensively, but I do think Philadelphia will get
01:16 the win. You saw what they did to Orlando, winning by 20, and when you look to
01:21 Houston, you know where I'm going, Ben. Our guy, the Turkish treat, Alferin
01:27 Shungun. I talked about it a couple of days ago, or during Christmas Day, where I
01:31 thought that Paul Reed was gonna struggle against the athletic setters that could
01:35 score. Look what Bab out of Bayou did to him. If there's no Joel Embiid, look for
01:41 Shungun to get busy. At 20.9 points per game, 9.3 rebounds, 5 assists. If you want
01:49 to go points, rebounds, assists, you want to go double-double, wherever you want
01:52 to go, Shungun has been a really present surprise this year, and you could be
01:58 talking about Alferin Shungun, folks, maybe being an NBA All-Star.
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