Nick Nurse's rotation strategy: staggered starters with overlap to maintain continuity and depth.
“How Nick Nurse staggered his starters, 1H 10/8 @ BKN: Started and finished the half with all five on the floor; aside from one brief spurt with four (all minus LeBron James) he always had two or three of them on the court”
Nurse turns to Maxey and Philon together when he wants more pressure defense.
“Nick Nurse brings in Maxey and Philon because of the pressure defense”
The majority of the guys play tomorrow and the main guys are looking at a half.
“Nick Nurse said the "majority of the guys" should play tomorrow. He's looking at playing his main guys for a half”
Team is emphasizing pushing pace and throwing ahead in the first three quarters.
“We got a lot of guys who have speed and can beat guys off the bounce, create an advantage. We got to continue to encourage to just throw it ahead... during the first three quarters, we should be up and down.”
Who is nominally the point guard matters little because LeBron is expected to bring the ball up or get the first pass.
“I think we've got several guys that can grab and go and enough secondary triggers that it shouldn't matter who is nominally the point guard for the Sixers. But he expects LeBron James to either bring the ball up or receive the first pass of the possession.”
