PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers required their MVP to action up in a huge minute on Sunday afternoon in Game 4 with the Boston Celtics.
However, Joel Embiid did not have a terrific 4th quarter. He appeared to be running out of steam late Sunday afternoon. Embiid had a shot obstructed by Al Horford, and the huge fella was settling for shots he shouldn’t haveactually been settling for.
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Then, PJ Tucker stepped in. He strolled right up to Embiid and extremely demonstratively was in his face attempting to get him to wake up.
“Nobody can guard Joel individually,” Tucker stated. “There’s no method. I’m sorry. There’s not a disrespect to Al or anyperson else, however I’ve safeguarded him for a lot of years, and when he’s aggressive and assertive, it’s difficult. I saw him 2 or 3 plays in a row not do that, and we can’t have that. We can’t have that. Not with t