When Joel Embiid left the game, the 76ers were leading 20-12. Without him, they were outscored by 16 points and ended up losing 122-114.
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The Washington Wizards were able to take advantage of Joel Embiid’s absence in order to pick up a 122-114 win to extend the series to at least Game 5. The Philadelphia 76ers lost Joel Embiid to a knee injury during the first quarter of Game 4 of their best-of-seven series.
First playoff win for this duo. ??@RealDealBeal23 x @russwest44 pic.twitter.com/mMrEtv65ux
— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) June 1, 2021
While Bradley Beal put up a impressive display as he has been throughout the series. Beal finally received some support on the offensive end as Washington had seven players, including their entire starting five, score in double figures. Philadelphia was able to hold off Washington in the first half to take a one-point lead into the break but it was the Wizards who took control from there on.
The biggest takeaway from this game is by far Joel Embiid’s injury. Late in the first quarter, Embiid drove to the rim and tried to bend his body to get a shot away against Robin Lopez. In the process he lost his balance and landed awkwardly on the baseline.
No official word from the Sixers yet on Joel Embiid’s injury, but here’s the fall he took not long before leaving for the locker room.pic.twitter.com/s3NufD3LXs
— Chase Hughes (@ChaseHughesNBCS) June 1, 2021
He got up grabbing lower back, and that seemed to be the problem based on his landing. However, the Sixers later announced that he would be out for the rest of the game due to knee soreness.
Upon further review of the video it is visible when he jars his knee as he comes down, and that was apparently a bigger issue.
When Embiid left the game, the Sixers were leading 20-12. Without him, they were outscored by 16 points the rest of the way and ended up losing 122-114.
If he’s not full fit moving forward, that would be a massive blow to the Sixers’ chances of competing in the East.
The Wizards played some incredible basketball to get into the play-in tournament and eventually grab the No. 8 seed in the East. But they lost all three games in this series by an average of 20.3 points and really didn’t have a chance to win any of.
Game 4 appeared to be going the same way. The Sixers jumped out to an early double-digit lead, and the Wizards had absolutely no answer for Joel Embiid.
But then the big man went down with an injury, and the Wizards took advantage. Eventually, they built a double-digit lead of their own and managed to hold it down to the end and keep their season alive.
Russell Westbrook has moved to 3rd on the #NBAPlayoffs all-time triple-double list! pic.twitter.com/YZWuvfOmIR
— NBA (@NBA) June 1, 2021
Earlier this season, Westbrook passed Oscar Robertson for the most triple-doubles in NBA history. On Monday, he made another bit of history in that department.
This was his 12th playoff triple-double, which moved him into third-place all-time, behind only Magic Johnson and LeBron James.
