{"id":4710,"date":"2024-04-24T01:38:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T01:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4710"},"modified":"2024-04-24T01:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T01:38:35","slug":"nba-we-are-going-to-win-this-playoff-series-joel-embiid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4710","title":{"rendered":"NBA: We are going to win this playoff series- Joel Embiid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After the Philadelphia 76ers let a precious road playoff victory slip through their fingers in the most dramatic of fashions in Game 2 of their first-round series against the New York Knicks, losing 104-101 on Monday night, 76ers superstar center Joel Embiid declared Philadelphia will go on to win the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re good,\u201d Embiid said, sitting inside Madison Square Garden\u2019s visitors locker room. \u201cWe\u2019re going to win this series.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to win this. We know what we got to fix. We did a better job today, so we are going to fix it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the better team. We are going to keep fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a few minutes, it felt like the 76ers had gutted out what would have been an incredibly important and impressive victory to even this series at a game apiece, after taking a five-point lead with 47.3 seconds to go when Kyle Lowry split a pair of free throws.<\/p>\n

But then, in a 14.3-second span, Jalen Brunson had a 3-pointer bounce in, Tyrese Maxey turned the ball over on the ensuing inbounds pass and Donte DiVincenzo missed a 3-pointer before an Isaiah Hartenstein offensive rebound gave him a second chance \u2014 one that he wouldn\u2019t miss and wound up becoming the game-winning shot.<\/p>\n

Joel Embiid Photo Courtesy: Seattle Times
\nTyrese Maxey Photo Courtesy: Getty Images<\/p>\n

While Maxey would go on to miss a potential go-ahead layup and Embiid a potential game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer, Philadelphia had about 14 different complaints over how those 14.3 seconds played out.<\/p>\n

For starters, 76ers coach Nick Nurse and several players, including Embiid and veteran Nicolas Batum, said Philadelphia had been calling timeout, and that it wasn\u2019t granted, on the inbounds.<\/p>\n

Josh Hart Photo Courtesy: USA Today<\/p>\n

The 76ers also were frustrated that a foul wasn\u2019t called on Brunson for grabbing a handful of Maxey\u2019s jersey before the ball was inbounded.<\/p>\n

Donte DiVicenzo shoots ball over Nicholas Batum Photo Courtesy: ESPN<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody was trying to call a timeout on the floor,\u201d Embiid said. \u201cMe included. Coach on the sideline. But they didn\u2019t give it to us.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, forget about the timeout. There\u2019s a bunch of fouls. That\u2019s f\u2014ing unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicholas Batum guards Jalen Brunson Photo Courtesy: Times Leader<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, the Knicks had a different view of things.<\/p>\n

Tobias Harris Photo Courtesy: 6ABC<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, we don\u2019t give up,\u201d Hartenstein said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not frustrated,\u201d Embiid said, in his final answer of his media session. \u201cI am actually good.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to win this.\u201d<\/p>

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