Embiid came out on fire and had 11 …

Embiid came out on fire and had 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting in the first quarter as he quickly wanted to put the Celtics nightmare to bed where he shot just 1-for-11. He finished up with 14 points at the half as the Sixers were within 56-52 at halftime. Then, everything changed in the second half as he only got the four attempts. “There were a couple of factors that Joel faced,” said coach Brett Brown. “First, they sat in a zone for almost the entire second half and the times that they did go man, they double-teamed him on the catch. In that world, it’s easy to look at the stat sheet, but if you actually see the game, you can understand why his numbers were the way that they were.”