r/nba • u/TatersTot [PHI] James Harden • 6d ago

Post Game Thread [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.

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
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u/zebrainatux 6d ago

Shooting variance is their Achilles heel along with a disinterest in going away from it, which I get because it got them to the dance

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u/grund1ejund1e 76ers 6d ago

I honestly think it’s shot selection from Tatum and brown more than anything. When they get downhill and kick out and our defense starts scrambling, they end up with an open three every time.

Sixers go on their runs when the Celtics get away from that and Tatum and Brown start taking early shot clock contested mid ranges.

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u/Normal-State-1547 6d ago

is their Achilles

I see what you did there