Daily News | After a legendary return, Joel Embiid has given the Sixers new life in a series they can win
There were moments on Friday night when you looked at the court and you couldn’t help but flash back. You saw the fractured foot and the setbacks. You saw the pull-up threes and the dribbles off the knee. You saw the Shirley Temples, the tweets, the playground dunks on the South Philly randos, the midnight jogs through the Center City streets. You looked at the Man in the Mask and you saw the kid that he used to be.
“He’s still young, and he’s still growing up right in front of our eyes,” Sixers coach Doc Rivers said. “It’s a pretty cool thing.” “We needed him, and he showed up,” Sixers guard James Harden said. “And he delivered. It’s not about him scoring 30, 40 points. It’s his presence.” An hour-and-a-half before the game, Rivers still expressed uncertainty about his superstar’s availability. If he did play, he said, the team’s training staff would be keeping a close eye on him.
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