Team USA Basketball director Grant Hill on Wednesday presented Sixers center Joel Embiid with the No. 11 jersey he could wear this summer at the Paris Olympics.
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...
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NEW YORK — returned to the Philadelphia 76ers’ Game 1 loss in their first-round series against the to start the second half after he seemed to injure his left knee once again. Embiid missed 30 games this season after tearing the meniscus in his left knee, for which he underwent surgery in February. Advertisement The injury scare occurred Saturday at the end of one of the most dominant plays in the league this season. Caught up without a dribble in the paint while being guarded by 7-foot Knicks...
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The Sixers have a huge game on deck Wednesday as they’ll take on Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat in the first matchup of the East’s Play-In Tournament. But first, Joel Embiid got to enjoy a cool moment and add another accolade to what will likely be a Hall-of-Fame career. Grant Hill, managing director of Team USA Basketball, presented Embiid with the jersey he’ll wear this summer at the Paris Olympics. The reigning MVP will also sport a new number: 11. Embiid, a native of Cameroon, is also an...
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The Philadelphia 76ers suffered a crushing defeat to the New York Knicks in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Playoffs series, 104-101. They led by 5 points with 30 seconds remaining, but still found a way to lose. Not to worry, Sixers fans. Superstar center Joel Embiid claims that they’re going to win the series […]