“Go HOME” Joel Embiid ends Pascal Siakam’s life with ruthless poster dunk; Hurts hands afterwards
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Joel Embiid and Pascal Siakam
Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers are on cloud 9 after the team got another dub against their long time rivals, Toronto Raptors, extending their lead in round one of the playoff series to 3-0. The credits of the win went to the team’s star player, “The Process” Joel Embiid, who led the way for his team in points, and scored a clutch 3-pointer right at the buzzer in overtime to give them the dub. Embiid wasn’t only responsible for the win, but also for one of the most electrifying moments in the entire game, getting the away crowd up on their feet as they witnessed the life of their star player Pascal Siakam being taken away.
The Philadelphia 76ers have managed to build one of the strongest squads in the league around Joel Embiid and James Harden, thanks to which the team has been able to dominate almost every single game that they have played in. In fact the dominance is such that it almost seems unfair to other teams that have to face off against them in order to go ahead. This time, the Toronto Raptors have had to face the wrath of the 76ers who now are 3-0 up against them in the round one playoff series.
Pascal Siakam, the Raptors’ star player probably had one of the worst days in the recent times as his team lost by a close margin and he even got posterized by Embiid who had no intentions of holding himself back. Let us now take a closer look at the game between the 76ers and the Raptors which resulted in one of the most epic moments coming from the playoffs this year as Joel Embiid threw down a massive dunk on the Toronto Raptors’ Siakam.
Joel Embiid throws down massive dunk on Pascal Siakam, hurts his hand later in the game
The 76ers vs Raptors game was an intense matchup between two highly talented teams fighting for a spot in the further rounds of the playoff, due to which it becomes obvious that the matchups have to be close, and that is exactly what happened. The game went into overtime where Embiid ended the game with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers had a close game against the rival Toronto Raptors, which led to the teams going in overtime.
The score line was tied at 101 when coach Doc Rivers called a timeout to save the inbounds possession. After the timeout ended, Embiid received an inbound pass coming from Danny Green, upon which he turned around and launched a quick 3-pointer right at the buzzer with 0.8 seconds left to go.
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That was the story of the win but the game had another electrifying moment which took over everything else.
In the 3rd quarter of the game with just under 6 minutes left in the game, James Harden passed the ball to Embiid who had just broken free from the defence and was entirely clear. Embiid upon receiving the ball saw the clear path with just one man between him and the rim, Pascal Siakam, and he knew he wouldn’t stop. He drove in and took flight, landing a massive dunk, almost taking the life of Siakam who was too shook to move aside. In the further plays, Embiid hurt his hand while defending, and seemed troubled by it yet he played the match and got his team the dub at the very end moment.
The 76ers now aim for a clean sweep in this series as stated by Embiid who wants revenge for the 2019 playoffs against Raptors. Let us now take a closer look at the reactions people on twitter had to Embiid’s dunk.
Twitter Reacts to Joel Embiid’s dunk on Pascal Siakam
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