Until Sunday night, the Sixers hadn’t lost a game since the Eagles won the Super Bowl way back on Feb. 4. But Sixers fans chanting “E-A-G-L-E-S” at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., wasn’t enough to keep the team’s seven-game winning streak alive, as they dropped their eighth-consecutive game against the Wizards, 109-94.
Don’t blame Joel Embiid for the loss. The Sixers star finished with a game-high 25 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, his 31st double-double of the season.
Embiid was fueled in part by a burger he was caught enjoying courtside while having his foot rubbed, a moment created a few laughs among ESPN’s NBA Countdown crew.