Philadelphia’s biggest star, Embiid, played a major role during and after the duel. The Cameroon native, who will represent the United States at the Paris Olympics, set up the Sixers’ first success in the series with an impressive shooting performance.
He literally destroyed the Knicks with straight fifty. In addition, he needed only 19 shots to score this year’s maximum points in the elimination fights. He thus became only the third player in history to achieve such a feat.
However, the situation from the opening twelve minutes caused even more excitement. Embiid fouled Mitchell Robinson. However, he was only charged with a flagrant foul of the first degree, which does not mean expulsion, but only the advantage of two free throws and the ball from the sideline.
Disgusted by the whole situation, teammates did not hide the fouled Robinson. “It was a piggery,” Knicks winger Donte DiVincenzo assessed the situation. “Let’s just be glad Mitchell wasn’t seriously injured. I’m all for hard play, but within fair play. This shouldn’t happen,” added New York fan favorite Josh Hart.
The Big Apple, as New York is often nicknamed, is currently literally pulsating with basketball fever.
“Knicksmania” also caused an unusual reaction from the Empire State Building. One of the symbols of the city.
The administrators of the social networks of this 102-story skyscraper did not hesitate to send a clear message to the world: Joel Embiid is banned from entering the Empire State Building.
The fourth game of the emotional series takes place on the Philadelphia floor on Sunday at 19:00 CET.
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