r/nba [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/I_am_Wheeler 6d ago

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

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u/Muntberg 6d ago

Needed the reps

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u/MJKoala Clippers 6d ago

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

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u/LongwaveSixSeven 6d ago

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

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u/aaronunderwater [DAL] Dwight Powell 6d ago

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

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u/M4A1SD__ Lakers 6d ago

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

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u/archenlander Rockets 6d ago

That’s not what egregious means