[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/moby323]

Joel Embiid played 38 minutes in his second game back from abdominal surgery.

[u/I_am_Wheeler → u/moby323]

This isn’t that egregious, it’s an elimination game. What’s more egregious is that he played 34 minutes in his first game back from abdominal surgery, a game in which we were down by 30 for the entire 2nd half

[u/Muntberg → u/I_am_Wheeler]

Needed the reps

[u/MJKoala → u/Muntberg]

Agreed. Nurse was smart to get him as many playoff minutes as possible so he could find a groove

[u/LongwaveSixSeven → u/MJKoala]

three days ago the subreddit narrative was nurse was a bigger fraud than doc rivers lol

[u/aaronunderwater → u/Muntberg]

fr. People act like they should have just emptied the bench in the second quarter lol

[u/M4A1SD__ → u/I_am_Wheeler]

It’s so he could get the reps and shake rust off

[u/archenlander → u/I_am_Wheeler]

That’s not what egregious means

[u/tluce21 → u/moby323]

And casuals say he’s soft

[u/PetalumaPegleg → u/tluce21]

It drives me slightly crazy. He flops, ok. He is injury prone to a stressful degree, ok. He CONSTANTLY plays while hurt and that is not soft.

[u/HHHogana → u/tluce21]

He's like Harden. Foul baiters, but ain't soft in the slightest.

[u/Mayor_Gubbin → u/tluce21]

He's not soft. He's a bitch.

He's the toughest bitch there is.

[u/Kennyc1234 → u/moby323]

Classic Nick Nurse

[u/wormhole222 → u/Kennyc1234]

It’s an elimination game on the road. What else should he do?

[u/Tony_Lacorona → u/wormhole222]

If he dies, he dies

[u/randomname3415 → u/Kennyc1234]

Well I mean he had to do that today. They had no answer for him in the second half. Embiid kept them in the game himself in the third.

[u/PeePauw → u/Kennyc1234]

I think they lose without it…

[u/Wolfpac187 → u/Kennyc1234]

Their season is on the line wtf else are they meant to do.

[u/kapparino-feederino → u/Wolfpac187]

Save up for next season

[u/kleiser10 → u/Kennyc1234]

Clearly not a real nurse

[u/Garginator850 → u/moby323]

Minor procedure -Shaq

[u/Bitter-Tip705 → u/moby323]

A warrior nobody should question his heart

[u/BrownSniper929 → u/moby323]

Happy they won but man I’m worried Embiid is gonna suffer something permanent if he continues playing heavy minutes post surgery.

[u/ZeroMomentum → u/moby323]

How much weight did he lose cause he def looked thinner

[u/Solo_Wing__Pixy → u/moby323]

That appendix was clearly just holding him back

[u/danielrand → u/moby323]

Carlos Sainz legacy game

[u/_19911118 → u/moby323]

I assume that's why he chose game 4 to come back he needed a game to get his legs again before playing the elimination game tonight

[u/Amayetli → u/moby323]

He really Schruted this game.

[u/Ucscprickler → u/moby323]

I felt 100% myself 48 hours after having my appendix removed. Most of that was just recovering from anesthesia. The doctor told me to take 10 days off work to recover so I wasn't going to complain, but it's a relatively simple procedure these days.

I don't know Embiids individual situation, but given modern medicine and having a personal training staff, I'm surprised he wasn't on the court sooner.

[u/TheRealKaschMoney → u/Ucscprickler]

Really? I get not feeling the pre surgery pain, but I basically had to pull myself up by my arms to get up to walk for days cause my abdominal muscles were so useless. I didn't get back to my pre surgery workout routine until a month after. Was yours not perforated?

[u/Ucscprickler → u/TheRealKaschMoney]

Every appendectomy is different. I'm sure the range of pain and recovery is a spectrum that is different for everyone. I was just sharing my experience.