The night painted so that Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers shinesince the star of the franchise presented the regular season MVP trophy to all the fans and his family. However, the Boston Celtics spoiled the party after winning 114-102 and so? ahead of the Celtis in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference 2-1.
Embiid responded and Harden fell short
Jaylen Brown he shone with 23 points, seven rebounds and five assists, but his great contribution was limiting James Harden to only 16 units and cause him to only hit two of his seven 3-pointers.
Given this absence of points from the second star of the franchise, the 30 points and 13 rebounds by Joel Embiid They did little to prevent the collapse of the premises.
As for the Celtics’ offense, Jayson Tatum shined with a double-double: 27 points and 10 rebounds. The good performance of the American was accompanied by the Dominican Al Horfordwho he made five of the seven triples that he had in his hands.
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Embiid out of power
Another factor that decided the third game of the series in favor of Boston was the Joel Embiid’s playing time management; the Sixers were forced to keep the post on the court for 31 minutes and that caused that in the last quarter will run out of strength to try to come back from 88-77 that he had the Celtics ahead.
The visit was limited to checking the orange and despite the fact that the locals had some moments of brilliance, the final result was in favor of the Celtics by 114-102 y the series was placed 2-1 on the Boston side.
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2023-05-06 05:42:42
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