Daily News | Everything has broken right for the Sixers and Joel Embiid. Now they need to capitalize.
Turn on the television, turn down the volume, turn up the music. That’s Tobias Harris’ routine. Nothing against the announcers, but when he’s in scouting mode, he doesn’t want outside observations that might cloud his view.
What they’ve seen is an Eastern Conference that has broken in their favor in almost every way possible. On Tuesday night, Young’s 30-footer with 1.8 seconds left capped a wild collapse by the Celtics and gave Joel Embiid an extra couple of days of rest for his sprained knee by pushing the start of the Eastern Conference semifinals to Monday.
“Let’s say Joel is 100% — we’re still going to have an hour of practice on how to play without Joel,” Rivers said earlier this week. “Because those 10 or 15 minutes of the game are probably the most important part of the game.”If you could guarantee that Embiid would be able to play 40 minutes per game for the duration of the series, you could easily talk yourself into thinking that the Sixers had as good of a shot at the NBA Finals as they’ve had since he first broke into the league.
Assuming Embiid will be ready to go, the conference title is there for the taking. You could hear it in the energy that permeated through practice Thursday morning, which saw the Sixers engage in a series of spirited scrimmages as they attempted to retain their edge.
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