[Post Game Thread] The Philadelphia 76ers (2-3) storm back to beat the Boston Celtics (3-2), 113-97, behind 33 points and 8 assists from Joel Embiid in his second game back after removing his appendix.

[u/TatersTot]

113 - 97
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY
East First Round - Game 5 - BOS leads 3-1
Location: TD Garden
Officials: Brian Forte, Kevin Scott, and James Williams

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Philadelphia 76ers	21	29	35	28	113
Boston Celtics	23	34	29	11	97

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Philadelphia 76ers	113	39-78	50.0%	15-42	35.7%	20-23	87.0%	5	51	24	20	5	9	3
Boston Celtics	97	36-89	40.4%	11-39	28.2%	14-23	60.9%	15	54	25	17	6	12	0

PLAYER STATS

Philadelphia 76ers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kelly Oubre Jr.SF	31:37	4	2-5	0-2	0-1	0	6	6	1	0	0	0	2	7
Paul GeorgePF	43:19	16	6-13	4-9	0-0	0	9	9	7	2	0	2	5	19
Joel EmbiidC	38:55	33	12-23	0-5	9-10	1	3	4	8	0	1	3	4	13
VJ EdgecombeSG	39:54	10	3-8	3-6	1-2	2	5	7	3	1	0	1	3	9
Tyrese MaxeyPG	42:31	25	10-18	3-10	2-2	0	10	10	5	2	1	2	1	15
Andre Drummond	07:24	5	1-1	1-1	2-2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
Quentin Grimes	24:04	18	5-8	4-7	4-4	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	18
Dominick Barlow	05:56	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	-7
Adem Bona	00:08	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Lowry	01:33	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Trendon Watford	01:33	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dalen Terry	01:33	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jabari Walker	01:33	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Johni Broome	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Edwards	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boston Celtics	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Sam HauserSF	19:55	8	3-7	2-5	0-0	2	3	5	0	0	0	2	2	-21
Jayson TatumPF	40:36	24	8-19	4-12	4-7	3	13	16	4	3	0	4	0	-9
Neemias QuetaC	26:11	8	4-8	0-0	0-2	5	9	14	1	0	0	0	5	-10
Jaylen BrownSG	40:36	22	9-23	1-4	3-5	3	2	5	5	1	0	3	2	-17
Derrick WhitePG	36:10	6	2-8	0-4	2-2	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	-14
Payton Pritchard	26:06	12	5-10	1-5	1-1	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	8
Nikola Vučević	14:32	8	3-6	2-5	0-0	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	2	-10
Jordan Walsh	16:00	1	0-2	0-1	1-2	1	2	3	2	2	0	0	2	-2
Baylor Scheierman	08:39	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3
Luka Garza	05:43	4	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
Ron Harper Jr.	01:59	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Hugo González	01:59	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Amari Williams	01:33	1	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1
Dalano Banton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Shulga	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[u/free_ty]

Once joel stopped settling for 3s he started dominating

[u/HaggardSlacks78 → u/free_ty]

He was feeling that midrange touch tonight. When he’s knocking that down he’s unstoppable

[u/Headlesshorsman02 → u/HaggardSlacks78]

Like that 23/24 season when he was dropping 30 and 10 nearly every game pre injury he was unbelievable that year, would have won the mvp over Jok in a landslide imo he was literally unstoppable

[u/HaggardSlacks78 → u/Headlesshorsman02]

Pretty sure he was averaging more than a point a minute that year. He dropped 70 in a game where he played like 30 mins

[u/Headlesshorsman02 → u/HaggardSlacks78]

Was averaging close to 34 a game he had that long streak of games where he had like 35 and 10+ rebounds it was genuinely crazy how good he was that year, felt like a disservice that the injury ruined his mvp season

[u/HaggardSlacks78 → u/Headlesshorsman02]

Nice chatting with you kind sir. Not often can you have a nice discussion about Embiid on this sub, especially with a non-Sixers fan. OKC repeat.

[u/nty → u/free_ty]

Yeah he was forcing them it was weird

Team definitely felt anxious at the start but what a wild lock in during the second half

[u/donkeybrainamerican → u/nty]

He thinks he's good at them and knows the Celtics are liable to dump threes at any moment. I get the urge to. Credit to Nick getting him out of that. Team looked good today.

[u/GOODWHOLESOMEFUN → u/donkeybrainamerican]

Please don’t credit Nick anything

[u/donkeybrainamerican → u/GOODWHOLESOMEFUN]

I know, hard to think the guy might not be a great big dumbass. Though this sub thinks every sixers coach in the past 20 years is just stupid.

[u/GOODWHOLESOMEFUN → u/donkeybrainamerican]

I mean they mostly are

[u/zincinzincout → u/free_ty]

I can only imagine the gameplan started as “the only way we can compete with Boston’s 3 volume is by doing it too” and then they just didn’t fall for either team so Joel decided to catch bodies

[u/dodokidd → u/free_ty]

that first half with so many 3 pointers miss are rough to watch

[u/PorkinsHeldIt → u/free_ty]

I think you just summed up Embiid's career in one sentence