Daily News | ‘New year, same me’: Georges Niang’s Inquirer diary takes readers inside streaking Sixers
Where did the time go? I had a moment on the bench Wednesday night when I was like, “Holy [expletive], this is my second year in Philly, and we’re almost halfway through. This is kind of crazy.” I think the most unique thing about Philadelphia is, when you’re here for a period of time, you’re kind of engrained in the culture. The fans feel like they’re one of you, and you feel like you’re one of them. I think that’s the coolest part. You’re in a city that has history, and they actually care.
I wake up and work as hard as I do because I love what I do, but also to do it for a city that wants a championship. For kids that grew up being Sixers fans. For the older generation that’s had season tickets for 20 or 30 years. That adds extra motivation to kind of be better when you feel that energy in the arena. I think it’s super cool.
We didn’t have Jo against the Pacers, and we went out there and impacted the game the way we knew we had to. Moving the ball. Slowing them down in transition and exploiting mismatches. Mixing up defenses, like playing zone. Playing with a traditional center or playing with Tuck at center. That’s kind of how we had to figure out a way to make it happen.
Obviously, you don’t apologize for winning games, even if they’re ugly. That was a huge win for us. I think that was a step in the right direction, but there are some little things that we need to continue to clean up. That’s kind of the theme of this year: progressively growing. That’s kind of what the regular season is for.I’m not sure there’s any one specific moment from Wednesday that stands out, because you’ve got to remember, all those things happen so fast.
You play so many games so frequently that if you dwell on something good that has happened, you end up tripping and falling the next game. And if you dwell on something bad that’s happened, you continue to keep that bad energy and you let that one loss turn into more. The thing that I learned in this league is to have amnesia. Just forget what just happened and move onto the next thing. You want to be taking steps forward. You don’t want to be focusing on the past.
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