Fansided · Apr 14, 2019
Brooklyn Nets didn’t win because Joel Embiid looked at a cell phone
The first controversy of the NBA Playoffs turned out to be Joel Embiid glancing at a cell phone. That’s not why the Brooklyn Nets won Game 1 on Saturday.
The Brooklyn Nets hammered the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference First Round series Saturday in a 111-102 victory that wasn’t as close as that score would indicate.
The Nets had a working double-digit lead for almost the entire fourth quarter and that nine-point final margin was as close as the 76ers got in the final 12 minutes while blowing home-court advantage in the series.