Joel Embiid’s return changes the ‘ENTIRE LANDSCAPE’ of Eastern Conference | Get Up

Joel Embiid’s return changes the ‘ENTIRE LANDSCAPE’ of Eastern Conference | Get Up

The night last night the comeback of the night the return of the big man Joel embiid in the lineup for the first time since January 30th facing the Thunder no sheay Gil just Alexander because whatever eight minutes left in the first quarter Thunder up six and beat on

Defense yeah and his presence alone in the paint makes such a difference for the Sixers defensively and defense turns to offense Tobias Harris had a big game too seemed like he loved having the big man back and be fatigued just four minutes in but doing what he can and

Here he is watch him working his typical mid-range this is what he does but he also does this he lets you know how tired he is and look at the Donjoy right there offensive lineman we those kind of type of braces but clearly for the knee 12

First half points for embiid all right to the second half we go critical games for Philly this is Kelly UB he had a big night game’s leading score with 25 it’s a two-point game less than a minute later embiid free throw line yes tied at 101 now we’re a minute left Sixers down

By one watch embiid working inside for the rebound plus the foul Allen exactly what he does too against the rebounding he gets the foul almost an n one falls down like he’s exhausted but this is what you expect he hasn’t played in several month over 50 games conditioning

Going to be a factor for him yeah but they made the foul shots anyway and then here he is on the defensive end mbid 24 points six rebounds seven assists in 29 minutes Sixers come back and they win IT 109 105 here he comes Joel talk to me it took a a tall

Mentally uh you know I just want to come back I just want a come back you know I just I think we got a chance uh even you know the level that I’m at and I’m only going to get better but you know this one was probably the hardest by far you

Know especially mentally okay so Chum up with us as well as Allan so Chene I’ve been I’ve been now we’ve seen one game of it I’ve been trying to get my mind around this since we found out he was coming back what does a healthy Joel MBI which in theory

Let’s say 2 weeks from now we should have what does he make Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference open Joel and beid returning is like when the school bully was out for a week from class and showed back up at school and all the students get nervous when he

Sits back in class and they’re like oh my gosh he’s back the Sixers they were down 11 with 7 minutes left and still down when Joel embiid checked himself back in now it was funny to watch because my man was tired the guy was tired and playing through fatigue he

Naturally didn’t have that usual cardio and some of his initial first shots were front rim but when the game slows down and it goes possession by possession which the playoffs will be like he delivered now yesterday it was from the free throw line where he is a bully and

A monster and it was also defensively where he was able to get stops so that Philly can run something that they really love to do those are his go-tos but once his stamina comes back all all teams know that the 30p point 12 rebound double team demanding bully is back in

The Eastern Conference and that changes the entire landscape well they win again last night with him in the lineup this year they have the second best record in the NBA behind only Boston so let’s talk about the schedule the rest of the way island you were doing a little research

He’s got a chance and they’ve got a chance to get red hot yeah and they actually might play their way out of the play and if they get hot because you look at the last six games of the season for them and they have the easiest remaining strength of schedule of any of

The contenders in the East any of the teams that are playing for a playoff spot it’s real easy and when I say easy look at this yeah what they have left are games that like you talking about the Pistons at home you’re talking about the Nets at home they go on the they

Played uh Memphis San Antonio’s been playing well but they’re still a team with a losing record their biggest game against Miami tomorrow night that’s their toughest one they’re battling them right now in the playin but if they get hot and he can play some minutes and by

The way when you’re playing bad teams late in the season you know they’re not trying to win you might not have to play him 30 minutes you might only have to play him a few minutes you can get him the rest that he needs so that he’s not extending himself

Before the postseason this sets up for the Sixers to get themselves in a really good position in the postseason again he played 29 minutes last night and Chan I was talking with legler about this yesterday the delicious first round matchup that we could get would be the

Sixers against doc right I excuse me the the the Sixers yes the Sixers against Doc in Milwaukee if if he plays his way they get one win the 78 game they win that into the two matchup and they wind up getting Doc Rivers how about that matchup in the first

Round look Milwaukee is so mysterious to me and and not such a good way because what I see when it comes to the Bucks Giannis can have 35 and 15 but they can still lose mind you Dame in and out of the lineup but they still remain number

Two in the standings in the East the Sixers when you think of about these story lines yes that is going to be delicious and they’re going to be a bad matchup for anybody because the Bucks issue has consistently been perimeter defense did you see the results of the

Game last night versus the Wizards and then also transition defense kills them so if you go up against a Sixers team that Tyrese Maxi did not play yesterday but he kills you in transition def uh transition offense then you’ve got Joel and beback you’re looking at Dynamics

Where it almost feels like it could potentially be a coin flip what [Applause] I is

On Get Up, Chiney Ogwumike and Alan Hahn join Mike Greenberg to talk through Joel Embiid’s return for the Philadelphia 76ers and how they can challenge in the Eastern Conference.

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