Philadelphia 76ers: 3 big overreactions from an opening night loss

Exploring three big overreactions to the Philadelphia 76ers’ opening night loss to the Boston Celtics. 

To open the 2022-23 NBA season, the Philadelphia 76ers fell to the Boston Celtics 126-117. It wasn’t entirely surprising but there were a few underwhelming aspects of the season-opening loss for the Sixers.

Heading into the start of this season, the Sixers were a team that many expected to take a big step forward. Harden was finally healthy, Embiid is still in the middle of his prime, and the additions that the Sixers made were supposed to answer the team’s depth issues.

More of the same for the Philadelphia 76ers?

Through one game, there was more deja vu than the Sixers would’ve liked. While Philadelphia did flash in spurts, the Celtics, for the most part, looked like the better team from the opening tip. Mind you, it was just one game and there is plenty of season left for things to turn around. But who likes to take things into proper context? That’s not generally what we do as fans. That’s no fun.

Let’s take a look at three big overreactions from Philadelphia’s opening-night loss to the Celtics.