Often, Joel Embiid is the target of criticism from the basketball public due to protesting due to referee decisions and the fact that he spends a good part of the basketball game on the floor trying to force a foul from the opponent, but there is no doubt that he is a generational talent. The center from Yaounde confirmed that on the night between Friday and Saturday when he “put his team on his back” and brought the Philadelphia Seventy-sixers a necessary triumph over the New York Knicks. In the second series played in the East, Orlando pulled away and outclassed Cleveland at a time when the Magic were “back to the wall.”
The Sixers beat the Knickerbockers 115:114 at the Wells Fargo Center and thus kept their chances of advancing to the second round of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. The score in victories is 2-1 for the team from Manhattan.
The hero of the victory in the team Nick Nurse was Joel Embiid, the 2023 league MVP. The center played an exceptional match and scored 50 points in just over 40 minutes on the field (13/19 from the field, 5/7 for three-pointers, 19/21 penalties), along with 8 rebounds and 4 assists.
Embiid continues to put in a lot of effort to help the Sixers make a significant run in the NBA playoffs for the first time in his era, even though it’s clear he’s not 100 percent ready. The newly minted USA representative missed a good part of the season due to a knee injury, and in the matches of this series in “Madison Square Garden” he clutched his painful knee on several occasions.
Above all, Embida ran into another problem. He told the media after the game that he had a diagnosis White’s palsy. It is a temporary partial paralysis due to which you are not able to control the muscles of one side. This confirmed the impression of many viewers, who became aware that something was happening to Embiid’s face every time a close-up shot of Philadelphia’s best player was shown in the broadcast.
“It’s been happening for a while, I’ve also had migraines. It’s hard, but I’m not giving up and I’ll fight despite it“, he said Embiid at the press conference.
And that he fought on the field – that is evident. The Knicks got off to a great start again, and this time the team’s best scorer was in a good mood. Jaylen Branson. He was hiring Ou-Jia Anunobia and Isaiah Hartensteinand the first half ended in a draw.
In the third quarter, he starts to wake up Tyrese Maxeywho brings an advantage to Philadelphia with his series, and then makes an unattainable difference Embiid and that – three-point shots. In three attacks in a row, the center received rebounds from pick-and-rolls to the three-point line and was more than accurate. It will turn out that the team Thomas Thibodeau he couldn’t get to the end of it.
At the end of the game Tyrese Maxey he had 25 points (9/ from the game), and the winning team also stood out Kelly Oubre with 15 points and 7 rebounds and Cameron Payne with 11 points.
Jaylen Branson led the New Yorkers with 39 points (13/27 from the field) and 13 assists, and Josh Hart scored 20 points (8/16 from the field) and 6 rebounds and assists each. Ou-ji Anunobi he helped his team with 17 points and 4 rebounds, a Isaiah Hartenstein he ended up with 14 points.
The fourth match of the series will also be played in Philadelphia, and the winner of this series will advance to the better of the Milwaukee Bucks – Indiana Pacers (currently 1-1).
Orlando defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers by a convincing 121:83 on the floor of its “Kia Center” and showed a much-needed spark in the game that was missing during the first two matches of the series in Ohio.
The score is now 2-1 in victories for the Cavs, and the fourth game of the series is also played in Florida.
This time, Orlando put in more or less everything and thus made up for the hellish offensive editions in Cleveland. The most efficient in the team Jamal Mosley was Paolo Banker with 31 points (13/ from the game) and 14 rebounds. He followed him Jalen Suggs with 24 points, Franz Wagner added 16, along with 8 rebounds, and had 11 Markelle Fultz.
In Cleveland, those on whom the team relies the most failed – Donovan Mitchell he scored 13 points (6/16 from the field), Evan Mobley had 10 (4/9 from the field), a Darius Garland only 5 (2/10 from the game). He was only up to the task to some extent Jarrett Allen with 15 points and 8 rebounds.
The fact that this was the first playoff triumph at home for the Magic since 2011 sounds a bit devastating for Orlando.
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