Sixers star Joel Embiid, an American citizen that’s spent half of his life in America, made his Team USA debut Wednesday night.
Team USA got off to a rough start, but recovered in plenty of time to beat Team Canada 88-72 at the USA Basketball Showcase in Las Vegas.
As mentioned, the starting group of Embiid, Steph Curry, LeBron James, Jrue Holiday and Devin Booker didn’t get off to a strong start. Embiid bricked a three long, missed a short fadeaway that’s generally automatic for him and was also stripped by Dallas Mavericks’ big man Dwight Powell.