Klay Thompson is once again under the spotlight in Golden State, but it’s not because of his play, it’s because he’s having a hard time dealing with not being in the line-up in crunch time. The good news is that hasn’t stopped the Warriors from winning 3 of their last 4 games, they come into Philadelphia with a lot of momentum and are 1.5-point favorites to get the win. The first meeting of the season was played just a week ago, we all remember it because in that game Jonathan Kuminga fell on Joel Embiid’s leg which caused his latest knee injury. The Warriors won that game by 12, another win would do them well here as they’re still 3 games under the .500 mark. Head-to-head meetings have gone their way lately, with them winning 15 of the last 20 meetings. Golden State is also 6-3 ATS in the last 9 against Philly.
Without Embiid this season, the 76ers have covered the spread in about 25% of their games and that stat alone is very alarming. They’ve won just 4 of those 15 games and with him schedule to miss at least a month, this team is in danger of falling into one of the play-in tournament slots. Over their last 7 games they’ve got just 1 victory, their latest defeat came at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks on Monday 118-102. Tyrese Maxey and Tobias Harris now have to have almost perfect games for the Sixers to even stand a chance of winning a game, it’s hard to rely on that on a nightly basis. Nicolas Batum, Robert Covington and De’Anthony Melton are all still out, the 76ers have lost 4 of their last 5 games vs Western Conference opponents and are just 1-4 ATS in their last 5 overall.
