Beijing time on April 24 news, the first round of the playoffs in the fourth game, the 76ers lost the missed set point. After the game, Joel Embiid, one of the 76ers' cores, talked about his thumb injury and game performance.
Embiid first praised the opponent's defense against him, he had five turnovers today, 7 of 9 free throws, 8 rebounds, shooting 43.8%.
"Next, I'll listen to some advice about me, I'm not going to complain about penalties or anything like that, like I did in previous games. They (raptors) did a great job of defending me. For the part, it feels like they've just done one thing and then executed it to the end, congratulating them on winning. Embiid said.
In today's game, Embiid's performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends was not good, and it was not only caused by the Raptors defense, he was also affected by the thumb injury.
"It hurts, and then basketball is a sport with more hands. The final adjustment I could make was to adapt to the pain on the one hand and try to use my left hand a little more. Embiid said of whether the thumb injury affected his play today.
However, Embiid also said that he will definitely stay on the court for the next time, will not have thumb surgery, and even if he needs to, he will wait until the end of the playoffs.
"Actually, during the first two games, I was sick, but I carried it anyway, it was the playoffs and nothing stopped me." Embiid said.
76ers coach Rivers said of Embiid's injury that "it is indeed worrying", but he is sure that the situation will not get worse, and the initial diagnosis of Embiid is a ligament injury to the right thumb, and then after returning to Philadelphia, he will undergo an MRI to understand the extent of the injury.
Embiid had 21 points, eight rebounds and three assists on 7-of-16 shooting in today's game.