The Philadelphia 76ers have started the 2023 NBA playoffs the way they were supposed to. With their previous eliminations still haunting them, Doc Riversā men seem to be on a mission this year.
The Sixers are just one win away from sweeping the Brooklyn Nets and switch their attention to the next round. After winning the first two games in the City of Brotherly Love, the 76ers beat the Nets in Brooklyn in an extremelyheated game.
Things got spicy early in the first quarter, when Joel Embiid kickedNicClaxton after the Nets player stepped over him. The MVP candidate only received a Flagrant 1 foul, and after the game he said the Nets wanted to get him ejected.
Joel Embiid calls out Nets for allegedly trying to get him ejected
āThe whole game, you could see what they were doing ā just trying to get a rise out of me,ā Embiid said, via NBC Sports. āEspecially after the first one, I just understood Iām too valuable to get into this stuff. ā¦ Hitting me in the back, thatās not reviewed. My back, my knee, hitting me every single time, which is fine. Itās working for them, but just got to keep going.
āYou could see what the game plan was: Got to hit them.Got to make me frustrated so I could get ejected. Iām too mature to put myself in the position where Iām going to get ejected. So Iām glad I just went about my business and we got the win.ā
Well, Embiid and company are just one step away from putting all of this behind them. If the Sixers beat the Nets on Saturday at the Barclays Center on Saturday, theyādcomplete the sweep and claim a ticket to the EasternConference Semifinals.
