Celtics' Jaylen Brown wants team to make Sixers' Joel Embiid work more
Boston Celtics superstar Jaylen Brown said the team's defense needs to focus on making things tougher for Sixers' Joel Embiid
Looking to close out their first round series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night, Boston Celtics superstar Jaylen Brown knows what his team has to do, and that's shut down superstar Joel Embiid. After missing the first three games of the series as he recover from an appendectomy, Embiid has come back in a big way for the Sixers, averaging 29. 5 points and 7 rebounds in his two games during this series, while also averaging 36.
5 minutes, showing the urgency that his team needs for him to be out there. Following Boston's Game 5 loss at home to Philadelphia, Brown met with the media and spoke about Embiid's play and presence for the Sixers, acknowledging they need to make it more difficult for him. In the two games that Embiid has played, Celtics center Neemias Queta has struggled with foul trouble, committing four fouls in the Game 4 win, and five in the Game 5 loss, needing to improve for Game 6 to help give the Celtics a chance to shut down the paint.
Jaylen: "I feel like (Joel) had too many easy baskets. We need to make him work. I feel like that propelled them" pic.
twitter. com/vHMTGdvpdJ ā Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) April 29, 2026 "I feel like he had too many easy baskets," Brown said about Embiid on Tuesday night. "We need to make him work, it was just too easy for him.