Celtics Didn't Talk About Joel Embiid's Availability Prior To Game 4, Says Pritchard

about 2 months ago

Celtics Didn't Talk About Joel Embiid's Availability Prior To Game 4, Says Pritchard

Embiid made his 2026 Playoff debut after having suffered an emergency appendectomy earlier in the regular season. It didn't matter unfortunately as Philly lost Game 4 128-96. Payton Pritchard was asked about Boston's adjustments upon hearing Embiid's status. "We just changed maybe a small adjustment before the game, but we didn’t talk about it at all," said Payton.

By Samir Mehdi

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about 2 months ago

LeBron James Is Pissed Off About Refs Kicking Adou Thiero Out Of Game 4

Adou Thiero and Aaron Holiday were ejected at the 1:11 mark of 4Q for having a bit of a testy shoving match under the rim. "I'm more pissed off about them kicking Adou out. It was unwarranted and it made no sense. Give him two technicals, the kid just got in the game, that was ridiculous," said James.

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about 2 months ago

Alperen Sengun Didn't Think Deandre Ayton Would Get Ejected For His Flagrant Foul

JJ defended Ayton's elbow to Sengun's face while Udoka called it "intentional". Sengun agrees with Udoka's later comments on it being "soft" by refs to eject him for it. "I don't want to like make the officials crazy but I didn't expect him to be ejected. I think it was a little bit soft. I'm glad they called it."

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LeBron James Claims Lakers Aren't Comfortable Despite 3-1 Lead

about 2 months ago

LeBron James Claims Lakers Aren't Comfortable Despite 3-1 Lead

Lakers lost 115-96 in Game 4 as the Rockets finally won one game this series. Despite the 3-1 series lead, LeBron doesn't want his squad to become complacent. "Hell no. There's no such thing as being comfortable until a series is done. None of us are." Houston starters combined for 95 and Durant is a game-to-game decision for Game 5.

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about 2 months ago

Jabari Smith Jr Commends Alperen Sengun For His Leadership Role

With Kevin Durant out tonight, Sengun had more of a leadership role on his shoulders. He carried it out well as he dropped 19 points while maintaining a positive spirit on the bench for the team. Jabari spoke on Alpy's increased role as a leader to which he said, "As his English gets better he tends to talk more."

By Samir Mehdi

about 2 months ago

Alperen Sengun On The Speech He Gave Amen Thompson During Game 4

The Rockets won Game 4 and are now down 3-1 to the Lakers. Sengun's 19 points helped along with his motivational speech in KD's absence. "After the talk, Amen was telling me that it really motivated me, and I was like, was my English good? He said you messed up one point, but I don't care," said Sengun postgame.

By Samir Mehdi

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