The visitors, who snatched 82 points already in the first half, actually stood respectfully in front of the Eastern leader, but after a tense end they surrendered to Ambide, who excelled with 38 points and three not particularly surprising threes.
After the game, Bill, who finished another solo game with 60 points on 20 of 35 from the field, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, was not exactly impressed with his stats and expressed frustration with his team’s defensive work. “When I lose, I do not care about such highs. I really do not count them,” he said angrily, “I’m not exactly there for that. You can throw out the window everything I did tonight, because we just lost.
“We have to get better on defense, we must not be so naive. I had to finish the game better. It doesn’t make sense for us to absorb so many points in one quarter, 50 points it just doesn’t make sense. They were 60 percent off the field and 62 percent Of the three. You can’t win games like that. “
Coach Scott Brooks at the end referred at the end to the unconvincing game of Danny Abdia and Roy Hachimura: “True, on a day like this they will not get their normal minutes, but I really do not give them up. We have Danny and Bartans in position 3, they will share minutes. All. “One has to be prepared for any scenario. Philadelphia is an incredibly talented team, maybe this is the best team in the league. We tried everything against Ambide, but it just didn’t work out.”