Bo Hamburger
Years ago
Sixers v Bullets - the Mackinnon Challenge
After recovering from the shock that the 36ers tipping site didn't allow me to put in a three-digit margin for this game, I got to thinking:
Pick a statistical category, and then name the THREE Sixers that, combined, Sam Mackinnon will outperform by himself in this category in Saturday's game.
Here's my entries (done on gut feel, without the inconvenience of checking players' season stats thus far and so forth):
Assists: Maher, Copeland and Ng
Rebounds: Nash, Timmons and Horvath
Blocks: Cooper, Nash and Horvath
Points: Mastro, Ng and Copeland
Steals: Maher, Copeland and, um, Sutton
Fouls: Sutton, Maher and Wheeler.
Now some of these are big calls (assists and blocks to name two) but I think three out of six is doable for Sam.
Joey Wright must also rise to the Mackinnon Challenge by playing the man for at least 45 minutes, regardless of scoreline.
The Mackinnon Challenge is officially now on: will he - or the Sixers - rise to meet it?