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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2714558, member: 488"] I'm not the biggest proponent of the 'clutch gene' by any stretch, but that Sixers team gives off some serious UConn Amida Brimah/Rodney Purvis era vibes. Simmons and Embiid are built physically to dominate the sport, they put in the time to develop skills that allow them to do so, and they seem like willing learners who will improve through time. But there's something missing and it's obvious. Guys who were built to play basketball vs. guys who were born to play, or something like that. The best I can explain it is that you know the mistakes they're going to make before they make them. For some reason I knew Redick was going to miss that wide open three that would have put them up five with a minute left. I knew Embiid was going to lose the ball in an act of clumsiness on the final possession. I knew somebody for Boston would slip to the basket unchecked amidst the chaos that followed the Saric turnover. It felt like prophecy and it felt like the right outcome, even though I was rooting for Philly and even though I think they're 'better.' [/QUOTE]