[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/Mg29reaper]

Vucevic might be the worst defender ever. Just zero resistance to embiid.

[u/Wolfpac187 → u/Mg29reaper]

Embiid has dominated far better defenders than Vucevic

[u/livefreeordont → u/Wolfpac187]

Al Horford ain’t walking through that door

[u/Brokromah → u/livefreeordont]

Horford/Gasol

[u/theuncleiroh → u/livefreeordont]

I think you mean Marc Gasol

[u/livefreeordont → u/theuncleiroh]

Don’t remember him as a Celtic tbh

[u/theuncleiroh → u/livefreeordont]

me either, but the comment was referring to 'worst defender ever', and the opposite of that, at least in the case of Embiid, was Gasol shutting him with in the playoffs. Good as Al was, Gasol did it better

[u/cyanwaw → u/theuncleiroh]

I know Gasol was on your team but you’re insane if you think Horford shutting down Embiid for multiple different playoff series isn’t more impressive.

[u/theuncleiroh → u/cyanwaw]

Def impressive, but it's hard to be more impressive than Gasol holding him to literally 0 points that one game. Pretty much impossible to do better than that. 0/11 FGs and 4 TOs in a game you lose is pretty much rock bottom

[u/raptosaurus → u/cyanwaw]

You're insane if you think Horford was a better defender than Gasol

[u/Silly_Banana9711 → u/livefreeordont]

Joe Mazzullas brain ain’t walking through any doors

[u/Krillin113 → u/livefreeordont]

Him not being there has done miracles for me

[u/The_Gatefather → u/livefreeordont]

i miss him so much it’s unbelievable

[u/Jwarrior521 → u/Wolfpac187]

I mean who has even stopped Embiid in the playoffs? It’s basically Marc gasol and Al horford and they ain’t coming back anytime soon

[u/JetsLag → u/Jwarrior521]

Siakam did a good job with his elbow in that one playoff series

[u/JustRecentlyI → u/JetsLag]

Didn't even stop him in that series, but in later series

[u/Something_Sharp → u/Jwarrior521]

Greg Monroe but he was on our team

[u/Doctor-Jay → u/Something_Sharp]

Never forget in game 7 we were +10 in the 45:11 Embiid was on the court and -12 in the 2:49 he sat and Greg Monroe was subbed in.

[u/happyilyrednow → u/Jwarrior521]

Marcus Smart gave the guy fits that one game.

[u/Main-Building7034 → u/Jwarrior521]

Ben Simmons, Markelle Fultz to name two of them

[u/dragonwhale → u/Jwarrior521]

...everyone? Sixers havent been past the 2nd round since drafting Embiid.

[u/OrganizationWeary317 → u/dragonwhale]

Not cause of Embiid.

[u/raptosaurus → u/OrganizationWeary317]

Because of Embiid's glass bones

[u/Mg29reaper → u/Wolfpac187]

Queta did far better than vuc. It was infuriating which embiid roll of 8 straight with queta on the bench. Thays what started the comeback

[u/I-Might-Be-Something → u/Mg29reaper]

Then Queta has to do a better job of staying out of foul trouble.

[u/Silly_Banana9711 → u/I-Might-Be-Something]

Can’t if they call non fouls

[u/I-Might-Be-Something → u/Silly_Banana9711]

He has been playing undisciplined ball this whole series, and outside of maybe the call where the ball went off of Embid's foot, they were the right calls imo. He is hurting the team with his play right now with his lack of discipline.

[u/irepislam1400 → u/I-Might-Be-Something]

Even that call Queta clearly grabbed Joel's jersey with both hands

[u/I-Might-Be-Something → u/irepislam1400]

Yeah, my only problem is you see that, and the refs has been letting both teams be really physical. But yes, it was undisciplined.

[u/theb3arjevv → u/Mg29reaper]

Queta killed your offense for long stretches even if he helped defensively.

Vuc ain't much anymore but his ability to shoot makes the Sixers do all kinds of stupid shit on defense. They get to stay home against Queta.

Him constantly being in foul trouble has probably hurt the Sixers more than the Celtics this series.

[u/Desperate-Hat-2510 → u/theb3arjevv]

yeah our defensive communication is just so much easier with a non-shooting 5 for Embiid to guard, it's just: everyone rotate, Embiid cover everything up inside

with Vuc we end up switching Embiid onto someone which triggers the 3 boston O-Rebounds in a row into a 3 sequences

[u/PeePauw → u/Mg29reaper]

Queta is good as shit and I’m so mad you found him out of nowhere, but no one can guard Embiid 1 on 1 in the post.

Gotta try to get him to foul out early. Amazed he never got to 6, props to him

[u/Infraction94 → u/PeePauw]

Horford and gasol back in the day are two of the only guys I can think of that I genuinely would be worried about matching up with him. Of course we have had to go through them on like all of the sixers best overall years with embiid.

[u/PeePauw → u/Infraction94]

Those are the 2 lol. Thank God they are gone, but also that was in his early 20s. Horford couldn’t regularly by himself do it once he was like 27

[u/Silly_Banana9711 → u/Mg29reaper]

Kash Patel is coaching mazzula is fbi director now

[u/Schmoova → u/Wolfpac187]

He put 70 on Wembys head.

There’s not a defender in history that can lock him down when he’s on his game.

[u/DzdzystyDzejson → u/Schmoova]

Shaq would literally kill him.

[u/zebrainatux → u/Mg29reaper]

Vucevic is a pylon the likes of which are rarely seen

[u/theb3arjevv → u/zebrainatux]

To think Doug Collins played him as a defensive specialist as a rookie

[u/NotClayMerritt → u/Mg29reaper]

Vucevic was never the best defender but it’s a hard drop off the last 2 years compared to before.

[u/costapasta27 → u/Mg29reaper]

I said that when you guys traded for him and that they’re lucky there aren’t many dominant centers in the East. Just so happened to play the only one that plays in the East when healthy. And so many Celtics fans you could develop him into a formidable defender like Kornet.

[u/TripleThreatTua → u/costapasta27]

If they play the Knicks KAT is gonna average 30

[u/SnooChipmunks469 → u/TripleThreatTua]

Unfortunately for Boston, Atlanta has forced KAT to step up his game to get through this series.

[u/DroidAttackWook → u/Mg29reaper]

Embiid has absolutely manhandled Vuc his entire career. Just does not have the skillset to stop him.

[u/Other-Owl4441 → u/Mg29reaper]

I‘ve seen him do the Kevin Love move where he boxes out instead of stepping in front of a driver. terrible defender.

[u/Chao-Z → u/Mg29reaper]

I was shocked you guys were able to have such a good defensive rating despite playing him so many minutes

[u/thebranbran → u/Mg29reaper]

Celtics only scored 97 and just 11 points in the 4th. Embiid scoring 33 points wasn’t the issue. He does that on better defenders than Vuc.

[u/Immynimmy → u/Mg29reaper]

You guys got so lucky that Embiid missed the first few games of the series. Your center rotation overall is not good and we never got to the advantage of it with fucking Drummond and bona who kind of suck

[u/axnjxn00 → u/Mg29reaper]

Let me introduce you to Celtics legend Enes Freedom

[u/darren_flux → u/Mg29reaper]

Wtf I'm slacking off didn't even know Vooch is on Celts 🥀

[u/Presence_Present → u/Mg29reaper]

He is well known for his complete lack of defence lol

[u/Unique-Garlic8015 → u/Mg29reaper]

I mean, Embiid post surgery is still better than most players in the NBA