Sixers' Joel Embiid sends clear message after Game 5 win over Celtics
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid sends a very clear message after a Game 5 win over the Boston Celtics on the road.
BOSTON -- The Philadelphia 76ers walked out of TD Garden with a season-saving 113-97 win over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday thanks to the heroics of Joel Embiid. The big fella was dominant as he had 33 points on 12-for-23 shooting along with eight assists and four rebounds on the night after a 1-for-7 start to the game. It's amazing that Embiid is even out there for the Sixers after undergoing an appendectomy on April 9.
A mere 19 days after the surgery, he shook off the slow start and then went to work in the paint against Celtics big men Nikola Vucevic and Neemias Queta. There was nothing Boston could do. "I was just figuring it out," Embiid said after the win.
"This is the second game back, and then obviously going into that game while the key things was trying to get a couple more 3s off as a team, and I was open, so I got to take them. Unfortunately, didn't make any. I'll make some next game, and then obviously you got to kind of change.
It obviously wasn't working, so I had to adjust. Just wanted to impose myself inside a little bit more, and it worked out. " Embiid then left for the locker room briefly in the third quarter after it appeared he had banged knees with somebody on the Celtics.