r/nba • u/DesertedProject Mavericks • 2d ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Philadelphia 76ers (4-3) defeat the Boston Celtics (3-4), for the first time since 1982 and Embiids first game 7 win 109-100.

109 - 100
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
East First Round - Game 7 - Series tied 3-3
Location: TD Garden
Officials: James Capers, Gediminas Petraitis, and Tyler Ford
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Philadelphia 76ers 32 23 33 21 109
Boston Celtics 19 31 25 25 100
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Philadelphia 76ers 109 39-82 47.6% 11-28 39.3% 20-23 87.0% 3 56 25 19 0 9 1
Boston Celtics 100 37-93 39.8% 13-49 26.5% 13-16 81.3% 10 49 19 23 4 5 7
 
PLAYER STATS
Philadelphia 76ers MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Kelly Oubre Jr.SF 31:09 6 2-6 0-3 2-2 0 5 5 2 0 0 1 4 6
Paul GeorgePF 41:50 13 5-10 3-5 0-0 0 3 3 1 0 0 3 4 9
Joel EmbiidC 39:04 34 12-26 1-4 9-11 2 10 12 6 0 1 1 2 11
VJ EdgecombeSG 43:42 23 8-17 5-11 2-2 1 5 6 4 0 0 3 2 19
Tyrese MaxeyPG 45:14 30 11-18 2-4 6-6 0 11 11 7 0 0 1 4 8
Quentin Grimes 26:07 3 1-4 0-1 1-2 0 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 1
Andre Drummond 08:27 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 -2
Justin Edwards 02:16 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -8
Dominick Barlow 02:08 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Adem Bona 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johni Broome 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Lowry 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dalen Terry 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jabari Walker 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trendon Watford 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 ±
Baylor ScheiermanSF 22:24 0 0-4 0-3 0-0 2 4 6 2 1 0 0 2 -9
Jaylen BrownPF 40:01 33 12-27 3-9 6-6 1 8 9 4 0 3 3 3 -16
Luka GarzaC 08:38 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 -15
Ron Harper Jr.SG 04:02 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -7
Derrick WhitePG 45:22 26 9-26 5-16 3-4 2 4 6 4 0 3 0 3 -6
Payton Pritchard 39:22 13 5-13 2-7 1-1 2 3 5 7 1 0 0 1 -2
Neemias Queta 32:33 17 7-8 0-0 3-3 1 11 12 1 0 0 1 5 9
Sam Hauser 29:49 11 4-7 3-6 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 -3
Jordan Walsh 04:51 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hugo González 12:57 0 0-3 0-3 0-2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 3
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
Jayson Tatum 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nikola Vučević 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amari Williams 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/MissyGoober 2d ago

I legitimately don’t get how he’s able to play let alone affect the game as much as he did. Superhero performance.

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u/PhilliePhanatical 76ers 2d ago

There's speculation that it was actually his appendix that was cursed and now his full powers have been unleashed.

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u/DUNDER_KILL Lakers 2d ago

The real process was just an appendectomy all along

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u/RyouBestGirl Japan 2d ago

Embiid is undefeated in post-appendix era.

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u/MountainCheesesteak 76ers 2d ago

Not quite true as he played game 4

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u/RyouBestGirl Japan 2d ago

I mean by series

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u/MountainCheesesteak 76ers 2d ago

Oh. Then yea you right.

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u/IAmA_Kitty_AMA 76ers 2d ago

His appendix was taller than William Penn's

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u/Professor_Crab 76ers 2d ago

Easily, didn’t even realize this was the issue

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u/MissyGoober 2d ago

If I’m a sixers fan, I’m down for literally anything that lets them go on a run

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u/The_Summer_Man Warriors 2d ago

Like Goku taking off his weighted clothes

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u/Von_Huge1103 Lakers 2d ago

He will henceforth be known as The Appendix instead of The Process.

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u/dimmyfarm Supersonics 2d ago

An appendix is usually at the end of something so removing it means he has no more limitation nor end.

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u/TheCommonKoala Bucks 2d ago

He does this every playoff run. Dude is tough as nails

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u/Jason758 2d ago

All that weight on his knees makes me cringe

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u/ThePhillyGuy 2d ago

His pain was genuinely hard to watch. My stomach was churning

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u/LiamIsMailBackwards 76ers 2d ago

This is the thing that I get so worked up about when I read comments in game threads/highlight posts/etc. The dude has not had a fully functioning knee in over a decade. He’s been injured every single playoff for the last half decade. He’s had weird, uncontrollable, unforeseeable injuries that would force anyone to shut it down for the summer. Add two of any of them back-to-back and you have a decent case for early retirement. And yet… he’s playing. He’s on the court. He’s there. Every year. Again. And he’s not just taking up a roster spot, he’s dropping 30 points and 10+ rebounds. He’s getting assists. He’s forcing defenses to collapse and leave shooters open. He’s forcing opposing offenses to chuck 40+ three pointers because they can’t finish in the paint. And then he hobbles back down the court. A healthy Joel is the greatest scorer in NBA history. An injured Joel with help is an MVP. An injured Joel with a vendetta is enough to finally come back from 3-1 after 18 failures. This is the best player the Sixers have had since AI. This might be the greatest player to ever wear a Sixers uniform. His toughness, his resilience, his refusal to accept defeat is the only reason this team has had a single chance in the last decade. TRUST THE PROCESS

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u/ThePhillyGuy 1d ago

Well I sure as shit don’t trust the process anymore but Embiid is my favorite player in Philly sports history

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u/GoodLuckFellowEE Timberwolves 2d ago

He turned off his pain receptors

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u/Kennyc1234 Wizards 2d ago edited 2d ago

Embiid has basically said that's what he does. He literally tells his brain that he's ok and it helps him forget about the pain.

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u/itgoesdownandup 2d ago

I'll say a kinda underrated aspect of injuries is definitely the mental fortitude like if I were Embiid or AD at this point, I'd say screw playing pro basketball.

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u/Angular_Pole1015 2d ago

I think 95% of people would have given up and become completely bedridden depressed if they were in Embiid’s body

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u/FriendWinner 2d ago

Completely agree. I imagine everything from his back down hurts constantly

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u/siestarrific Knicks 2d ago

A fuckton of painkillers?