The Philadelphia 76ers completed a home-and-home series with the Atlanta Hawks as they were able to come away with a 121-109 win at home on Saturday. The win was important for them to bounce back after looking sluggish in Atlanta on Thursday as they dropped the first game of this mini series.
Joel Embiid was the star, as he usually is, on Saturday as he dropped 42 points on 14-for-25 shooting with 10 rebounds and six assists in the win. He did all of that despite saying that he couldn’t lift his arm at times after the game was over. He has had his right shoulder taped recently and he was grabbing at it often on Saturday.
The big fella delivered another big night and NBA Twitter was ablaze giving their best reactions on the night. Fans and analysts all gave their input on the 7-foot big man out of Kansas having another big performance:
Sixers are now 2-2 without James Harden. 1 of those losses also came without Joel Embiid, who’s been great in the 2 wins and the last few weeks overall.
All things considered, they’ve treaded water well thus far without their star point guard.
— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) November 13, 2022
Philly led by 27 in the third quarter.
Now, in a game he has 37-7-6 in, Joel Embiid is likely going to have to play 40 minutes as Atlanta has cut that lead all the way down to 9 with 5 minutes left.
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) November 13, 2022
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