With the holiday weekend in the rear-view mirror, let’s kick the (shortened) week off with a Sixers mailbag.



I feel like the Sixers would’ve won in overtime.



That is only a guess, but given how the game was tied late, specifically the Jimmy Butler driving layup off the Kawhi Leonard missed free throw, I wonder if Toronto would’ve been deflated had the game continued. Tactically, I liked a minor tweak that the Sixers ran late (perhaps, in hindsight, a possession or two too late) in having JJ Redick screen for Butler. Toronto was all over everything, but that’s an action where the defense has to switch because of Redick’s shooting ability. They ran this late and Kyle Lowry fouled Butler. Lowry is a rock-solid defender, but the switch to put Leonard on Butler proved huge in Game 7. I think Butler takes over in the extra period if the Sixers get Leonard off him.



Watching Toronto’s bench come alive in the Eastern Conference...