It’s always sunny in downtown Brooklyn... even around 10:00 PM on a Thursday. Sixers fans endured some tough news before tip off. Superstar center Joel Embiid was declared out after being a game time decision and it was revealed that his knee didn’t make progress after a couple of days off following the game 2 victory. That was a bit of a bummer. I started to wonder if the Sixers were going to “play for game 4” and mail this one in.
But I, like some people in the Brooklyn area ... underestimated Ben Simmons:
Even without the jump shot, the Nets got demolished by the 2nd year Australian Freak.