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Joel Embiid means everything to the Sixers defense

In Sunday’s Game 4 against the Toronto Raptors, Joel Embiid was severely limited by flu-like symptoms, hampering his normally dominant offensive game. After a historic Game 3, Embiid scored 11 points on 2-of-7 shooting in Game 4. His defense, however, was staunch as ever. On back-to-back Toronto possessions late in the second quarter, the crown jewel of Philadelphia’s defense swatted Serge Ibaka at the rim.

Embiid blocks a dunk from Ibaka, Simmons gets a dunk. The Sixers needed this sequence pic.twitter.com/sVBdEsXcQd

— Tom West (@TomWestNBA) May 5, 2019

The clips show Embiid doing everything.