Philadelphia 76ers center and former MVP Joel Embiid is having a bad, bad time in the playoffs. It’s bad enough for him that he’s playing on one leg and Jalen Brunson’s 47 points led the Knicks to a Game 4 victory and 3-1 series lead. The series can be clinched at Madison Square Garden tomorrow.
Worse yet, however, was Embiid’s shameless griping about the largely pro-Knicks crowd at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Arena. In both Games 3 and 4, New York fans made the short trip to the City of Brotherly Love to support their team. What no one expected was them turning two road games into home games lite.