The Sixers (7-5) will look to get back into the win column in Cleveland when they take on the Cavaliers (4-7) this afternoon.
Here are the essentials for today's game:
When: 3 p.m. ET with Sixers Pregame Live at 2:30 p.m.
Where: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Broadcast: NBC Sports Philadelphia+
Live stream: NBCSportsPhiladelphia.com and the NBC Sports MyTeams app
And here are three storylines to watch:
Time to get right
There's no such thing as a good loss, but man, the Sixers' losses have been particularly brutal. On Friday night, they held a nine-point lead with 7:20 to go but gave up a 12-2 run and eventually lost in overtime to the Thunder.
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The Sixers have glaring issues - especially in their starting five - but Brett Brown feels like he knows what they are.
"If you're sick and you don't know why, that's a problem," Brown said. "We are in a tough spot right now, but it's a long year. I think that it doesn't take much for me to understand where we have to get better. And it's really that simple. If you're scratching your head, sort of confused, then I think we got some problems and that's not what I'm doing. I think the guys understand the areas that matter most that can best impact changing the way things are going and get back on the winning side."
We'll see.
Taking care of business
This Cavs team isn't as bad as perhaps we all thought coming into this season. They start two extremely young guards in Collin Sexton and Darius Garland, but they're still flanked by veteran bigs Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson.
Cleveland also gave the Sixers all they could handle earlier this week - especially veteran guard Jordan Clarkson (20 points). The Sixers were able to sneak out of the Wells Fargo Center with a 98-97 win. Then again, when is the last time this team played a game that wasn't close?
While the Cavs are maybe better than anticipated, this is a team the Sixers should be able to get well against. On Tuesday, they held Cleveland scoreless for over three minutes to close out the game. They need to bring that for 48 minutes and get right with a win over a team they're clearly more talented than.
Sorting out the bench
Furkan Korkmaz was scorching hot for a six-game stretch. He shot 50.9 percent from three and averaged 13.8 points in mostly bench minutes. In his last three games, he's just 4 of 16 from distance. The issue with Korkmaz is if he's not hitting shots, he doesn't bring much else to the table. You saw Oklahoma City pick on him in overtime after Tobias Harris fouled out.
Korkmaz has been getting the most minutes off Brown's bench recently. Should he be? Rookie Matisse Thybulle got off to a roaring start, but has looked overmatched offensively. With that said, he's just so special defensively, Brown should deal with the growing pains on the other end. In games Thybulle has played at least 12 minutes, the Sixers are 6-1.
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