Ben Simmons, Sixers react to Joel Embiid's struggles in loss to Hawks

The Philadelphia 76ers were counting on celeb big man Joel Embiid to come back via when the video games count number the most all season. Consistently, he has finished in order he has stepped as much as the project on a nightly basis.

But, he became now not able to accomplish that on Monday whilst he had 17 factors, however he shot simply 4-for-20 and he changed into 0-for-12 inside the 2nd 1/2. The Sixers fell to the Atlanta Hawks in game four in their round 2 series 103-a hundred and the series is now 2-2 heading returned to the metropolis of concord.

In a while, Embiid did admit that the knee is bothering him a bit, however he has been coping with the meniscus tear for a bit even as now and he became dominant in the video games before. Monday was simply an off night.

“He overlooked top appears,” said Ben Simmons. “It happens, it is what it's far. We were given to help him out and make it clean on him. Get open once they send the doubles and finish stuff. It takes place. Next game.”

Embiid had a whole lot of exact seems in the second half of that he just changed into no longer able to complete. He had a pleasing circulate within the put up that allowed him to get an open examine the basket, but he couldn't end. He became able to do so in advance on this series, however the pain in his knee become without a doubt bothering him.

“It felt like maybe he changed into pressing maybe a little bit,” said Seth Curry. “only a terrible half of and we just were given to bounce back subsequent sport. He become correct within the first 1/2 doing a number of stuff offensively and defensively, but 2d 1/2, he neglected a number of the pictures that he makes strangely and our offense wasn’t as properly so he wasn’t getting as correct a gap. Like I stated, as a team, we gotta look at the tape, and be higher next recreation.”

Train document Rivers also known as a pleasant play to head for the win with Embiid rolling with Tobias Harris and he become capable of get an amazing appearance, however even that one fell off for him. The layup might have given the Sixers the lead past due.

“We were given an excellent look on the select-and-roll,” stated Harris. “It didn’t fall, he didn’t have his first-class night offensively, however he has some large protective performs for us. I’m not accessible critiquing his moves and how he’s looking off one leg or the alternative, I’m out there just looking to play basketball.”

The question then will become if Embiid was right, could he have completed that play and provide the Sixers the lead like he generally does?

“i'm able to’t say, I virtually can’t,” stated Rivers. “To me, the game must have never come to that point.”

Rivers is right approximately that. The Sixers held an 18-point lead earlier than the Hawks chipped away and got themselves returned in the sport. Embiid’s terrible capturing within the second 1/2 did not assist matters.

“There’s no excuses,” said Embiid. “I were given to be higher…It became a hard loss. A big lead, that became a blown possibility, however it took place. You could’t change it. Gotta pass on into recreation five.”