Philadelphia 76ers KEY to Playoffs Success vs Miami Heat: 2nd HALF [4th QT] DOMINANCE

Get your SportzCases here! - http://sportzcases.com?aff=267 Promocode for 10% off: TheNBeye Philadelphia 76ers KEY to Playoffs Success vs Miami Heat: 2nd HALF [4th QT] DOMINANCE GAME 1: Miami Heat 103:130 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | April 14 GAME 2: MIAMI HEAT 113:103 Philadelphia 76ers | April 16 GAME 3: PHILADELPHIA 76ERS 128:108 Miami Heat | April 19 GAME 4: PHILADELPHIA 76ERS 106:102 Miami Heat | April 21 GAME 5: Miami Heat 91:104 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | April 24 Remember when the Sixers regularly stuttered out of the gates in second halves, coughing up leads?That feels like a long, long time ago. The ridiculously rapid growth of this team is hard to fathom. It's turning previous weaknesses into strengths, and its second-half performances are a perfect example. The third quarter was pivotal in the Sixers’ 104-91 win Tuesday night, as they outscored the Heat 34-20 to take control of the game. Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons provided the bulk of the Sixers’ offense in the first half, but that changed in the third quarter. Dario Saric scored eight points in the period, while Robert Covington made a pair of momentum-swinging three-pointers. In total, out of 10 second-half quarters in the series, the Sixers lost just one — the fourth quarter Tuesday. That second-half dominance is turning into a big part of this team’s identity. Erik Spoelstra experienced an unpleasant feeling of déjà vu during the second half of Game 5. While the Sixers are developing at warp speed, this particular trend didn’t just start in the playoffs. As JJ Redick pointed out, the Sixers started taking over in the second half late in the regular season. “I don’t think this is something we just started doing this series,” Redick said. “If you look at our winning streak, there were a lot of games that were close at halftime and the third and fourth quarters, especially defensively, were just terrific, and that’s what allowed us to have that winning streak. So this is something we’ve been doing now for a while. I know earlier in the year we certainly had blown a few double-digits leads in the second half. It’s something we were coached on and worked through as a group, so a lot of credit goes to Brett (Brown) and his staff for that.” During the Sixers’ current stretch of 20 wins in 21 games, they’ve outscored their opponents in the third quarter by nine or more points 10 times. It’s a staggering reversal of their early-season issues coming out of halftime. While we’re talking about the Sixers’ growth, we could delve into their newfound ability to take care of the ball (with the glaring exception of Game 4), or the massive improvements in their bench play, or Simmons hitting free throws under pressure. However, the second-half dominance speaks volumes about the ways this precocious team has grown, and how it continues to develop. “I think we’ve stayed on to something and we haven’t pivoted out of it,” Brown said. “This is how we want to play offense, this how we want to play defense, this is how we substitute, these are our crunch-time plays. This is just what we do." TWITTER https://twitter.com/TheNbeye INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/the.nbeye/?... Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE!!! Outro song: Rock Intro 3 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for -fair use- for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." All clips property of the NBA. No copyright infringement is intended, all videos are edited to follow the "Free Use" guideline of YouTube.