The Boston Celtics are an outlying James Harden playoff performance from leading the Philadelphia 76ers 3-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Two games removed from his 45 points stealing Game 1, the one-time MVP could not last a half in his home arena before the City of Brotherly Love showered him with boos.
In between, Sixers star Joel Embiid has returned on a sprained right knee, received the NBA's regular-season MVP award and played his way closer to dominant form, only for his teammates to abandon him.