Aside from T.J. McConnell doing his Kyle Lowry impression, one of the things that pleased Brett Brown most about Monday night’s 103-92 win over the Celtics was shot distribution. Six of his players had double-digit field goal attempts. Yawn, right?
But the two shots Joel Embiid seemed to enjoy were the ones that Boston point guard Terry Rozier delivered to Embiid’s chest during a brief scrum late in the second quarter. Rozier is a 6-foot-2 lithe point guard. Embiid is 7-footer built like an SUV.
Rozier had just committed an offensive foul and Embiid tried to wrestle the ball from Rozier, who was not ready to give it up.