Mikal Bridges

The Philadelphia 76ers handled everything the Brooklyn Nets threw at them. Behind a new franchise playoff record 21 3-pointers, the Sixers beat the Nets 121-101 in Game 1.

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The Philadelphia 76ers fell to the Phoenix Suns 114-109. Here are three observations both from the loss and the latest trade news and rumors.

The Philadelphia 76ers have used the previous two drafts to add promising defensive players. Is it time to go with more sure things in the draft or to continue drafting for the future?

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It is the shot that will define Villanova basketball forever. Kris Jenkins with the long-range three-pointer at the buzzer to win the National Championship — well, shots don’t get any bigger than that. The play that led to Jenkins heroics was brilliantly designed and executed to perfection. Break down of the shot and two plays that made it possible.

Villanova played the way a Philly team should on a national scale in one of the biggest games of the year in all of sports. That kind of scrappiness and grit is what makes a team memorable and lovable, particularly in the city the exudes those qualities.

Kris Jenkins capped a tremendous game with a three-point, buzzer-beating shot to win the National Championship for the Villanova Wildcats in a 77-74 win over the North Carolina Tar Heels on Monday night at NRG Stadium in Houston.

Every now and then, and it is rare, a basketball team turns in a performance like Villanova did on Saturday night, the kind where there are almost no words to describe it. Against Miami, Kansas and Oklahoma, the Wildcats held their own and then some, leading with defense first. That system has Jay Wright’s team playing like a well-oiled machine.