BOSTON — Joel Embiid has always been a straight shooter, and what he said after Tuesday’s 76ers practice is just the latest example.
The Sixers’ center was asked what he saw on video of Monday night’s 117-101 loss to the Boston Celtics.
“Defensively, I thought we didn’t guard our own man,” Embiid said of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal at TD Garden. “We didn’t stick to the game plan. A lot of times we were over helping, especially me. So there’s a lot of stuff we can definitely correct.”
The Sixers – Embiid especially – enabled the Celtics to attempt a lot of wide open shots by focusing too much on help defense instead of staying on their assigned man.