He's battling an illness, looking like someone who'd rather be in bed than on the court. But the Philadelphia 76ers need their All-Star centre, so Embiid is trying to tell himself that he has to dig deeper to find more energy, even if it's only for three hours.
Portland will also try to send a series the distance on Thursday, hosting Game 6 against Denver, which has won two straight for a 3-2 lead behindBut he hasn't performed at anywhere near that level since Game 3, when he had 33 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks as the 76ers romped to a 21-point victory and a 2-1 lead.
"I think it's grossly unfair, some of the criticism that he gets. I don't understand that," Brown said."And so it's not ideal, you wished he were at shootaround, you wished he were in film sessions, but he had a temperature for the last few days that's kept him in bed." NEED TO KNOW: Toronto's 36-point win in Game 5 was its largest in franchise playoff history. The Raptors need one victory to reach the East finals for the second time in three years, having fallen to Cleveland there in 2016.looked back to full strength in Game 5 with 25 points, after struggling with a calf injury in Game 4.
Can’t do much less honestly
That picture 😂😂