Daily News | Sixers’ Joel Embiid played almost every minute in his 59-point performance out of necessity
The main reason Joel Embiid played all but 57 seconds in the fourth quarter against the Utah Jazz was ... because he had to.Folks marveled over Embiid scoring 26 of 27 fourth-quarter points for the Sixers, which he paired with five blocked shots in the quarter. They may talk for days about his herculean stat line, a career-high 59 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists and seven blocks.Did the Sixers let Charles Bassey go too soon? He’s thriving with Gregg Popovich and the Spurs.
“And on defense, man, I think we just need to be more solid. We have a lot of room for error. We have to stay in front of our dude. We have to do that better.” Harrell, the 2020 sixth man of the year as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers, is a bucket-getter. However, defense isn’t his strong suit. Meanwhile, Reed is an athletic shot blocker who lacks consistency. He’s also struggled to get a rhythm in each of the past three games.Sixers-Jazz takeaways: A lie becomes the truth of Joel Embiid’s big night, mojo matters, as does making foul shots
Instead of going back to Harrell, Rivers inserted forward P.J. Tucker in as a small-ball center as Embiid rested in the fourth quarter. Asked what things the backup centers could approve on, Harrell said it wasn’t up to him. A prime example was Thursday’s 104-95 loss to the Hawks at State Farm Arena. Harrell checked in with the Sixers trailing 98-81 and 4:31 left. He had eight points on 3-for-3 shooting along with two rebounds and a steal in 3:26 after sitting out the previous game. He was part of a second unit that pulled the Sixers within six points with 2:02 left. However, the reserves were replaced by the starters with 1:28 left, and Harrell didn’t leave the bench during the next game.
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