Nerlens Noel ties a season high in this game, but, to my surprise, it wasn’t entirely the result of an Ish Smith dish-fest. Don’t get me wrong, Ish Smith definitely had a lot to do with Nerlens hitting nine buckets, but some other teammates also found themselves unwittingly playing a part in the grandly choreographed stage play of Nerlens’ sick performance. I’ve grown so used to Nerlens catching lobs exclusively from Ish that it startled me when I realized that their relationship status had been changed to “open” on Facebook.
If Isaiah Canaan or Nik Stauskas start stealing all the lob opportunities from Ish I’ll be pretty disappointed. Other players are cool and all, but if I’m going to watch a 76ers game, it’s because of the Ish and Nerlens connection and not any other, inferior, connection.