GET UP | “Sixers is the CHAMPION after Joel Embiid return” – Tim Legler reacts to 76ers beat Thunder

GET UP | “Sixers is the CHAMPION after Joel Embiid return” – Tim Legler reacts to 76ers beat Thunder

Morning it is time to get up with the big man he is back and if he’s better than ever he’s about to shake up absolutely everything we’ve got the highlights meanwhile LeBron and Steph both putting together big nights and big wins but we’ll tell you why only one of

Them has any real chance and then I asked the questions today Lewis rck is here with all the answers stuff is happening people it’s a Wednesday and it’s time to get up starting right now let’s do this come on look at the squad we got than leis and Allen are here is it

Kimberly Martin and fi Yates Wesley and university is well represented today all we need is LIN Manuel Miranda and we’re going to be off the charts oh plus chanaa gum is here on all the basketball the men’s and the women’s let’s go let’s start Allan with the game of 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 gilis Alexander because whatever 8 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 a TI he is and look at the Donjoy right there offensive linemen where 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 games leading score with 25 to 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 months over 50 games conditioning going to a factor for him yeah but they made the foul shots anyway

And then here he is on the defensive end and beid 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 toll mentally uh you know I just want to come back I just want to

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 Chan gumuk up with us

As well as Allan so CH 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 embiid which in theory let’s say two weeks from now we

Should have what does he make Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference 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 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 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 tonight 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 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 play 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 right 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 in ch 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 in 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 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 em beback you’re looking at Dynamics where almost feels like it could potentially be a

Coin flip absolutely which would be a fascinating first round and scary time for Doc Rivers for sure Allan Chen stay close by much more on the Hoops as we go including that Bucks game last night but minutes in and be looking fatigue look at him holding on to his knees

There second quarter indeed top of the key got it he’d had 12 first half points despite that fatigue and that bulky brace on his left knee Sixers would be down by 10 at the half third quarter fourth quarter look at Chad getting his the lay and plus the foul hren fired up

Thunder up six Sixers down two looking at me getting the jumper there was a bit Rusty on the night for 14 from the field but keeping Philly in it game tied at that point here for OKC Isaiah Joe on the Miss L Dort gathers and finishes Thunder back up one next possession

Harris misses the three but embiid working the post moves spinning going around falling to the ground getting the foul visibly exhausted goes to the line makes both free throws Sixers up one next Thunder possession watch him beat the steal on Josh giddy takes it the

Other way and draw calls the foul on jet holgren would make two more free throws was 12 for 12 from the line on the night Sixers up three the last chance for OKC Jaylen Williams can’t connect Harris tracks it down that’s ball game embid finishes with 246 which win Joel how you

Feeling not good but I’m glad we got through it and we got the win you know when I get hurt you I just you know move on to the next one I’m like you know you to the next one this one was a so it

Took a a toll mentally uh you know I just want to come back I just want to 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 mentally physically took a toll and yet he was still his old MVP self late in the hello for don’t on for for for for for for for for

GET UP | “Sixers is the CHAMPION after Joel Embiid return” – Tim Legler reacts to 76ers beat Thunder