2023-05-04 09:10:44
American Basketball: Boston Celtics tie Sixers
The Boston Celtics tied their series with the Philadelphia 76ers (1-1) in the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference of the American Basketball League, at dawn Thursday, in a confrontation that witnessed the return of Cameroonian star Joel Embiid, who was crowned the best player in the regular league.
The Boston Celtics team outperformed its rival, the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers (121-87), and superstar Tray Young contributed to this victory by scoring 38 points in the confrontation, and player Malcolm Brogdon scored 23 points, including 6 three-pointers out of 10 in the match.
Despite the loss, the Seventy Sixers welcomed the return of its star Embiid, who was chosen Tuesday, for the first time in his career, as the best player in the regular league, following he was out of action for two weeks due to a sprain in his right knee, and as expected, the Cameroonian was not at his usual level, as he needed He needed more time to return to his previous level, contenting himself with scoring 15 points.
On the other hand, the star James Harden lived a difficult match due to the defensive solidity of the Boston Celtics team, and the player scored only 12 points with 10 rebounds, and Tobias Harris emerged as the best scorer in the losing team, scoring 16 points in the match.
Likewise, no less than 8 Celtics players contributed to 20 successful long-distance shots out of 51 attempts, at a time when Philadelphia only succeeded in 6 three-pointers out of 30, and the most prominent picture of this failure was the star of the first match, Harden, who failed in all his throws. the 6.
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