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Masked Man Saves the Day: A Joel Embiid Story

In the movie The Dark Knight Rises, the villain Bane breaks Batman’s back, and then leaves him in an underground prison to watch as the city of Gotham is torn to shreds.

While Joel Embiid being forced to watch as his team dropped back-to-back games in South Beach isn’t quite as catastrophic, it did put the Sixers in a precarious position.

“It was very annoying,” Joel Embiid said. “Obviously we didn’t make shots, but we also made a lot of mistakes … it was offensive rebounding, turnovers. Their big fella, Bam, was dominating, and I was really pissed off watching another big man play well against my team.