'We didn't make shots today, but you know just got to keep trusting & I think we will be better.' Joel Embiid spoke about the Sixers scoring struggles following a Game 5 loss to the Raptors. Game 6 is Thursday in Toronto➡️
A sellout crowd packed the Wells Fargo Center ready to celebrate a series-clinching win, but there was not much worth cheering for.
Joel Embid is playing through some pain after suffering a torn ligament in his right thumb during Game 3. He had 20 points and 11 rebounds Monday night, but he says he was terrible on defense. The rest of the 76ers starters struggled, shooting less than 41% from the field and the bench was outscored 29 to 11.
After trailing the Raptors for much of the first half, the Sixers couldn’t cut the deficit any closer than nine points in the second half, losing the game 103-88.Driver Strikes Woman On Sidewalk Before Crashing Into Front Porch Of West Philadelphia Home “It will be nice to shoot the basketball well,” James Harden said. “We have to do everything in the sense of not turning the ball over, rebound the basketball very well and I don’t think we did that from the beginning of the game.”“The beginning of the game we didn’t make shots today, but you know just got to keep trusting and I think we will be better,” Embiid said.
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