With the Sixers running actual offensive sets from the playbook of
recently hired associate head coach Mike D'Antoni,
recently acquired point guard
Ish Smith looking much more comfortable at the controls than predecessors
T.J. McConnell,
Tony Wroten,
Kendall Marshall and
Phil Pressey, and
Nerlens Noel looking much more at home back at the center spot alongside a spread pick-and-roll point guard rather than jammed in at the four alongside rookie big man
Jahlil Okafor, the 76ers looked at times like an honest-to-goodness NBA offense, bending and puncturing Sacramento's D by land and by air...