Sixers Nick Nurse asks Buddy Hield to stay ready after rough start to his 1st playoffs NBC Sports Philadelphia [Video]

With yet another exceedingly dramatic playoff night behind them, the Sixers took a breath Friday.

Thanks in large part to Joel Embiid’s 50-point evening (with a recent Bell’s palsy diagnosis), the Sixers won Game 3 of their first-round playoff matchup with the Knicks. They’ll try to knot the series up Sunday afternoon.

Looking ahead, some aspects of the Sixers’ game plan are surely here to stay, like feeding Embiid the ball in a variety of areas and using Kelly Oubre Jr. often against Jalen Brunson. 

Other decisions will be based more on gut feel. For instance, Sixers head coach Nick Nurse pushed the right button Thursday in playing Cameron Payne as his lone second-unit ball handler, receiving 11 important points from the 29-year-old lefty.

Nurse also subbed Buddy Hield out late in the first quarter shortly after he missed a corner three-pointer and a layup. Hield did not appear again and is 1 for 7 from the field (0 for 4 from three-point range) through …