So says the Ringer.com:
McConnell made an effort to target Ben Simmons as he drove to the basket. He created space where the Sixers had failed to in the previous three games, and it helped Simmons get the easy buckets he needed. The Sixers’ 52 points in the paint were the most in this series so far. Hopefully Markelle Fultz and Simmons will feed off of each other much like Simmons and McConnell did Monday night.
“One of our coaches told me ‘Just hit singles,’ and that’s what I’ve been trying to do,” McConnell said in his postgame interview, which—[checks facts]—is the most T.J. McConnell thing to say. McConnell hit enough singles that his game ended up equaling a grand slam. No team has overcome a 3-0 deficit in NBA history, and the Sixers probably won’t. But for one night, their most unlikely source of hope gave them more than they could have expected:
