Daily News | Consider Game 2 a scheduled loss for the Sixers and a rehab session for Joel Embiid. Game 3 will be different.
BOSTON — The problem with changing your lineup on the fly is that you don’t get to practice. That’s the situation the 76ers found themselves in Wednesday, when Joel Embiid returned from a 12-day absence,The Sixers weren’t sure he would play until about two hours before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal. Obviously, they didn’t have time to practice.
Embiid had 15 points, three rebounds, and five blocks in 27 minutes. The Celtics blew it open with a 35-point third quarter, and neither Embiid nor Harden played in the fourth. Again: completely predictable. The Sixers proved in their previous two games to be much deeper than anyone thought. That’s how they won Game 4 in Brooklyn without Embiid, swept the Nets, and earned a week off. They practiced without Embiid and won Game 1 in Boston on Monday. Harden matched his career playoff high with 45 points. Tyrese Maxey, Tobias Harris, and De’Anthony Melton played complementary basketball against a Celtics team that either was badly matched, badly motivated, or both.
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