Joel Embiid loved his greatest sport of the season thus far on Wednesday, scoring 35 factors within the Sixers loss to Memphis. After the defeat, Embiid mentioned his aspect ‘must be higher’.
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The Sixers continued their depressing begin to the season on Wednesday, as a loss to the Grizzlies made it 5 consecutive losses for Philadelphia.
Whereas the Sixers had been once more dreadful, Joel Embiid lastly loved some pleasure on the court docket after what has been a tricky begin to the 12 months for the previous MVP.
Embiid dropped 35 on the Grizzlies within the defeat, scoring 14 free throws and taking pictures 48% from the sector with 11 rebounds, however he wasn’t happy in any respect following his workforce’s newest defeat.
“It’s form of annoying having to cope with the identical issues time and again and over,” Embiid mentioned. “It’s been like that my entire profession. All I attempt to do is give attention to basketball and making an attempt to make the perfect residing for my household, on and off the court docket.
“However it’s unbelievable. It simply appears like negativity retains following us, which I don’t perceive why. However it’s a disgrace, and it doesn’t change the truth that we’ve nonetheless all acquired to be higher.”
It was reported within the week that the Sixers had a workforce assembly as a result of latest kind, with Embiid truly referred to as out by Tyrese Maxey for his poor time warding off the court docket.
Embiid will not be glad about particulars of Sixers workforce assembly being leaked 😬
He says they “talked about numerous issues” and assembly lasted “in all probability 30 seconds” pic.twitter.com/CwsAVbUzuL
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 21, 2024
Maxey made his return for Philadelphia in opposition to the Grizzlies, after lacking the final six video games with a hamstring pressure. The 24-year-old scored simply 8 factors on Wednesday, however he was solely concerned for 20 minutes because the guard slowly makes his return from harm.
In Maxey’s absence, Sixers rookie Jared McCain has stepped up and he at present leads the NBA Rookie Of The Season race with 15.6 factors per sport.
Jared McCain within the loss:
20 PTS
5 AST
3 3PHis sixth 20-point sport this season — the one rookie with greater than two. pic.twitter.com/Pctcv2XiSq
— StatMuse (@statmuse) November 21, 2024
Paul George hyperextended his knee for a second time this 12 months on Wednesday and his harm is simply the newest setback in a tough time for Philly.
The Sixers are in NBA Cup motion on Friday night time as they face the Nets however having already misplaced their first two within the competitors, Philadelphia are already all however confirmed to be out of the working.
