Through three games, the 76ers have stuck to their five-man core of James, Brown, Tyrese Maxey, V.J. Edgecombe and Joel Embiid for the most part with only three bench players logging serious playing time in their absence. Based on that reality, the Sixers present the same three-man or four-man challenge for almost the entire game, which gives the Pistons an advantage from a game-planning perspective since they’ll see the same sets from the same personnel grouping so often.
