Joel Embiid was the MVP of the NBA regular season, winning gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the United States jersey, although France was counting on him and building its game around him at the dawn of the greatest sports event...
But, for the first time in his career, he managed to make it through the playoffs in the strongest league, the NBA, and he can attribute much of his success to his great performance in the masterclass - the seventh game at TD Garden and the victory over Boston.
Philadelphia was losing 3-1, the first time in franchise history they had come back from such a deficit with three consecutive wins; the Celtics had never let go of such a lead before.
Next up are the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and the brilliant center has a message for Seventy-Sixers fans:
"I don't care if you need money, I don't want to play in our hall like in Madison Square Garden, filled with Knicks fans. That's how it's been so far, if you need money, I'll buy your tickets, don't sell them to Knicks fans, no way..."
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