Nic Claxton has played in the postseason before, but the Nets center’s first playoff start will come with a difficult task: guarding 76ers star and MVP front-runner Joel Embiid. He won’t have to do…
Nic Claxton has played in the postseason before, but the Nets center’s first playoff start will come with a difficult task: guarding 76ers star and MVP front-runner Joel Embiid.
Embiid has a size advantage, and Claxton acknowledged he won’t be able to outmuscle him, but rather wants to use footwork, quickness and offensive instincts to create an advantage. “We’re going to figure a way and find out what works,” Vaughn said. “If we play three centers, if that works, then we’ll do that.”
“For me, I just listen to the guys back there that tell me to calm down,” Finney-Smith said. “Don’t go shoot on your days off and do too much, because like I said, I love to work so I just want to get my reps.”
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