When Philadelphia was up 3-0 in this series, it was considered a formality that they’d move on to the second round. After all, no team in NBA history has ever come back from an 0-3 series deficit. But all of a sudden Toronto has won two in a row, to seize momentum, and Joel Embiid is hurt for the Sixers.

Embiid, despite playing with a torn ligament in his right thumb, still led the team with 20 points and 11 rebounds. James Harden finishing just 4 of 11 from the field was a problem and Embiid called him out afterwards. Also, Tyrese Maxey (who was the Game 1 hero with 38 points) has seen his scoring decline throughout the series. He’s scored just 23 points combined in the past two games.

The Sixers scored only 88 points in Game 5 on 38.3 percent shooting. Expect a far better effort at the offensive end this evening. The team is 6-2 to the Over following its last eight straight up defeats.

Toronto and Philly combined to shoot 18 of 68 on three-pointers in the last game. That’s just over 26 percent. For the year, they combined to shoot better than 35 percent. Again, we’ll pick up points in that regard tonight.

I know this has been a low scoring series - the last four games have all gone Under - but this number looks too low given what the two sides are capable of doing. Both teams’ games average right around 216 points over the course of the season. Take the OVER.