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Joel Embiid's advice to struggling James Harden: 'Be aggressive'

PHILADELPHIA -- After James Harden had a second straight dreadful shooting night -- and the Philadelphia 76ers lost a second straight game to the Boston Celtics in this Eastern Conference semifinal -- Joel Embiid's message to his point guard heading into Game 4 is to keep on shooting.

"I mean, you just talk to him and you keep telling him to keep shooting," Embiid said after Boston's 114-102 Game 3 victory. "Be aggressive. Can't get too high, can't get too low. Some nights you're going to make lots of other shots, a lot of tough ones, and some nights you're not gonna make them.