This is it. This is what we’ve been missing for so many months. This feeling of playoff intensity. This matchup which has modern day intrigue as well as echoes of narratives from ages past. Oh how we missed this kind of energy.
There were so many little stories within this book.
First there was Joel Embiid eating early and often. It was the sum of all our fears, ...for a while. He blasted off for 11 early points but his team couldn’t capitalize (largely due to turnovers). He finished with a team high 28 points but looked absolutely out of gas by the end.