If you had told me back in December that Paul Reed would be playing 37 minutes in Game 1 of a playoff series against Boston, I would have expected it was because either Doc Rivers had been replaced as head coach or a nasty case of gastroenteritis had run rampant through the roster.
We’ve come a long way in the last few months, though, and we’ve seen during the second half of the regular season and these playoffs that when Joel Embiid is unable to go, the team and its head coach have confidence in Philadelphia’s No. 1 apparel spokesman, BBall Paul.