Can Joel Embiid Still Save the Sixers’ Season?
by The Ringer
The Ringer— If you’re the Philadelphia 76ers, Monday night’s Game 2 collapse yielded devastating news, but also one pretty good reason to feel cautiously optimistic about the rest of the first-round series against the New York Knicks. Let’s start with the bad first. Up five with 27 seconds to go, Philly gave up a corner 3 to Jalen Brunson and then, instead of calling timeout to advance the ball, turned it over in chaotic fashion as Madison Square Garden physically shook. “The first thing is obviously they...
Inquirer.com—Joel Embiid keeps choking in Sixers elimination games. Can he turn that around in Game 6 against the Knicks?. "The Process" is 4-6 in elimination games, and his stats are awful. He gets paid more than $50 million to show up in those moments. Shaq and Hakeem usually did.
CBS Sports—76ers vs. Knicks: Joel Embiid's flagrant foul nearly ended Philly's season; his 50-point eruption saved it. With the season effectively on the line, an ailing Embiid delivered
CBS Sports—76ers vs. Knicks: How Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid flipped script, found 'a way to survive' in season-saving win. Maxey made two heroic shots late and Embiid turned things around in overtime