Daily News | Following Joel Embiid’s return, Sixers aim to even Eastern Conference semifinal against Miami Heat
And with Embiid’s emotional return officially cleared, he and the Sixers will next aim to even their playoff series 2-2 against a Miami team expected to have a new jolt of energy for Sunday night’s Game 4 at the Wells Fargo Center.
Even when reporters added an “other than Embiid’s return” qualifier while asking about the Sixers’ biggest Game 3 takeaways, various on-court topics often circled back to the dominant big man. “We just did a really good job of bringing the fight from the start of the game,” Harris said. “Obviously, with Joel, [the] big fella, he brings that presence to the game.”
Defensively, Rivers continued to emphasize the importance of guarding NBA Sixth Man of the Year Tyler Herro, whom the Sixers coach said his team “lost” five times Friday despite a 5-of-15 shooting performance. All-Star and former Sixer Jimmy Butler also got loose for 23 second-half points on 8-of-11 shooting, including an array of “hustle points,” Harris said. The Heat also scored 15 second-chance points off 10 offensive rebounds.
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