'Joel Embiid: TRAGIC HERO of the NBA' 😳 - Zach Lowe on 76ers' being down 0-2 to Knicks | NBA Today
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- čas přidán 22. 04. 2024
- Brian Windhorst, Zach Lowe, Chiney Ogwumike and Kendrick Perkins join Malika Andrews on NBA Today to react to the New York Knicks' controversial 104-101 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 2 of the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs.
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Knicks created great habits in the regular season and not just wait till the playoffs to play hard 💪🏾
As a diehard Sixers fan you are 1000% correct and couldn't agree with you more .....
@@CoachRJ334appreciate the honesty man. If Embiid was fully healthy you guys are the better team no doubt. The Knicks role players are just scrappier. Tobias and Hield gotta step up for ya’ll!!
@@ToneyDouglas23They’re not better than the Knicks with a healthy Embiid. They’re just not the better team.
The Knicks are not healthy their missing Randle.
When both teams was fully healthy and had all their players the Knicks blew them out by 36.
They haven’t beat the Knicks one time all season.
When the Knicks lost their all All NBA player for the rest of the season. The Knicks found a way to get the 2 seed and win 50 games. When the Sixers lost Embiid for a few games. The Sixers fell to the 7th 8th seed.
Randle is an all NBA caliber player in the league meaning top 15 caliber player. So no they’re not better than the Knicks if Embiid is healthy he is on the court playing against a team who only has 1 star player vs a team with 2 star players. Don’t give them any excuses.
@@ToneyDouglas23If both teams was completely healthy these games wouldn’t even be close
Don’t lie and give them excuses.
They can still win this series but I don’t see it happening barring injury.
This is why people get Thibs wrong. He plays hard and serious in the regular season for this very reason. It's normal for the Knicks.
Mind you, the Knicks have been without their Second option and All-Star since January and still killing.
Hart deserves his flowers the man is improving his 3s and he’s a defensive menace and rebounds like a beast at 6”4
Perk: "Dang Zach that tickled your fanny?"
Zach: "You leave my fanny out of this! And I thinks it's FANCY"
😅😂 Pure Gold
I laughed so hard 😂
Embiid will cry again when they lose this series like he did when he lost to the Raptors
Cuz he cares lmao
An athlete who cares about winning, so funny
Wow actual human tears so funny
@@SPACEKNOCKERZ76 didnt care enough to get that defensive rebound LMAO
Like Tyler herro,but it was ok to take out butler,sixers are pathetic team , totally disgusting
1:56 Did he just say "Zack tickled your fanny"??..😂😂
And Zack said "leave her fanny out of this".......😂😂😂😂
Josh hart look like westbrook back in The days
Best role player in the game.
Jimmy Butler*
Relax
Winners find a way, losers find an excuse.
Bars
My Knicks will win this series believe that
Nah. The Knicks are coming back down to earth soon.
@@officialthomasjamesI’ll come back to this if the Knicks win don’t delete this
@eliasmolina4635 you mean you'll come back when the Knicks win the series
@@officialthomasjames Enjoy Cancun
Wow, “Josh Hart is a basketball player.” Amazing cogent expert commentary. We all thought Josh Hart was a neuroendocrinologist at Johns Hopkins.
The Joel hate is insane. This dude plays through horrible injuries every year. He’s been through hell. He’s an absolute warrior.
And his team has been so, so, so badly run. They're the Pistons without him
10 years of excuses with no accountability. Maybe you're the problem.
He’s called himself trash and garbage after every series loss for years lmao that doesn’t get clipped up for you tho. Out of the 10 years how many contending teams has he been on? 2. Jimmy year and last year. You forget the process had a lot of losing built into it in the beginning?
@@SPACEKNOCKERZ76 the point is the sixers are not better than the knicks. Y’all can’t beat them with Jalen struggling right now, I hope he drop 50 next game to go up 3-0
@@SPACEKNOCKERZ76 They dropped the ball on Markell Fultz and also did you forget the famous quote " Tobias Harris OVER ME?!?!?!?!" Yeah
Oh Testify!! Cry baby lebron embid james!
Is it just me or does embiid speak like he has special needs?
Embiid doesn't have to jump to box out fyi. Zero rebounds entire 4th
He did box out
Zero rebounds entire 2nd half
Almost like boxing out also requires physicality that might be hampered by injury. Profound
He boxes out for his teammates to grab the ball. That's why sometimes it doesn't look like he's rebounding. He's also hampered by injuries probably should of sat the rest of the season out. Imo
If the Knicks win one in Philly like in either Games 3 and 4, then the Knicks are for real.
I think they do win game 3 but lose 4 imho
Idk they having trouble with half a Joel. Don’t see them making noise vs the Celtics, maybe docs bucks.
@@SPACEKNOCKERZ76 who in the league do you know that’s gunna shut Embiid down? Plus in the playoffs it’s all about matchups, With the Celtics it’s gunna be different and we already spanked them not to long ago so we ready for them again with OG ready to the clamps on Tatum
Home teams won every game 😂 and this series has been CLOSE so nah Knicks aren't all that
True words spoken
How is Leon Rose not the GM of the year? 😮
Because their trades aren't that great. They just have Brunson and a couple of good pieces from previous years. Its more Thibs responsible for it
@@blablablaa14You are talking about blockbuster trades that has nothing to do with being GM of the year which he deserves to be voted. He has strategically put together a title contender and still has all his draft picks. And missing his second best player. He has made great moves.
@@Barak144 Yeah but you don't get credit for future picks or injuries. The mid season moves weren't that great (after OG trades), and while he did great, it wasn't to the level of the Celtics team, or even what OKC did with only organic building. I do think the Knicks did great
@@blablablaa14what? OG trade was great. DiVincenzo signing was excellent. Knicks were laughingstock of the league when Rose took over and look at them now.
It's the playoffs guys. Refs were consistent and letting things go. Toughen up or pack up and go home
As much praise as Embid deserves for playing through injury we should be blaming the 76ers for letting him play cause he’s too far gone … Knicks in 4🔸🔹
Shanae, Embiid DID NOT show up. ZERO rebounds in the second half, 9 three-point attempts (why???), and 12/29 FGs??? C'mon now 🤦🏻♂️💀💀💀
Yep, garbage stats, he should be 18-22 vs this team every single Game with 14 free throw attempts.
Did you watch the game??? Embiid is not fit to play. He can't jump for the ball. The Knicks is a physical team.
No rebounds cuz he can't move. Hard ta bang in the paint when u can't move. N my guess is he knocks down a few more of those jumpers if he could use both of his eyes. U guys are so weird with ur triple standards for embiid . Yeah you know who Else would score less if they didn't have free throws? Jalen Brunson the Knicks literally everybody. But forget reasoning. More hype please. Maybe one of yall could at least come up with something original
Who typically scores around 5 points and takes no rebounds in the 4th quarter? JOEL EMBIID 😢
Coach Pop wanted Josh Hart from LA real bad in a trade, I believe it was for DeRozen. But Lakers refused, I was amazed they did that only to get frustrated when they package him for Russ.
F*cking Lakers deserves all the losses right now.
And before the “timeouts”, Tyrese fouled Josh. Which would’ve made ‘em kinda null in void lol. Make your free throws, don’t inbound the ball if it’s too chaotic (call a TO then), and box out. Blaming doesn’t actually help hold your team accountable, IMO.
Dude Maxey clearly got fouled twice on that inbounds pass, especially when he got knocked down
Maxey fouled Hart first. Those fouls don't happen if refs bothered to call anything.
This series is far from over. There's always a ton of hyperbole when the home team goes up 2-0. They wrote the same obituary for the Bucks in the Finals against the Suns. Unless Embiid doesn't go at all, I predict a 2-2 series going back to MSG.
They better hope brunson don't show up
Not maybe a 3 to1 knicks lead
The Villanova Knicks going home for games 3 & 4 😂
I know that injuries suck, but at this point with Joel I feel like tragic is just ridiculous. This is the same guy that took 2 years to even play his first nba game due to injuries, the sixers have known it’s been a part of the package since 2014. I get the mvp-esque talent keeps the hope for a deep playoff run in Philly, but at this point I wouldn’t be surprised if within the next 2 years Embiid is out for assets just because of his lack of availability.
Guys with his injury history don't tend to get healthier when they're north of 30 as he is now.
Josh "All" Hart and Isiah "I have Hart too" iHart Hartenstein won that game
Twice the Heart!!!
Hart sucks lol
The Knicks are so likeable man. They all play with a chip on their shoulder, are a real TEAM with great chemistry that hustles and play with heart, and hang their hats on defense. They're built for the playoffs
Excuses lol
No bro refs we’re definitely on the Knicks side.
Facts
Reasons
@@kohsmoger1567and ? The 6ers all they needed to do was have a defensive rebound to end the game. They LET hartenstine get that rebound which allowed that game winning three.
@@kohsmoger1567Were the refs on our side when Embiid couldn’t box out Hartenstein for that last rebound? The refs were on our side when Maxey got his layup punched ? When embiid missed the game tying 3??
When Giannis was clearly hurt last year nobody cares
With 1:14 remaining, OG Anunoby committed a defensive three-second penalty that the officials missed.
With 27.2 seconds remaining, "an attempt to call a timeout by Coach Nurse (PHI) during this play is neither recognized nor granted by the officials." This is something Nurse himself grumbled about after Game 2. "I called timeout," Nurse explained. "The referee looked right at me and ignored me. Tyrese Maxey got the ball. I called timeout again. He ignored me again. Then the melee started."
With 27 seconds remaining, "Brunson (NYK) pulls Maxey's (PHI) jersey away from his body, which affects Maxey's ability to secure the pass." This pull was not called, and affects Maxey as he attempts to secure the inbounds pass that is tipped by Josh Hart. It should have been a foul.
With 24.9 seconds remaining, "Hart (NYK) steps forward into Maxey's (PHI) space and initiates lower body contact that causes Maxey to lose his balance and fall to the floor." This should have been a foul as well, meaning Maxey was fouled twice by the Knicks on the way to their steal, but neither was called.
Quoted directly from NBA's own Last 2 Minute report.
76ers should have signed boogie cousins as a vet backup for Embiid
I am so happy to hear stars like Lebron and Embiid complaining about bad refs. There is absolutely no reason to have mistakes just be a natural part of the game especially with reviews. It should just be 100 percent fair 48 minutes of basketball, best team wins.
Yea Maxey clearly got fouled twice on that inbounds play
Sixers played themselves
It's funny that it's those two that are complaining. There's hours and hours of footage of them flopping and now they complain? They don't care about fair, as long as the calls are going their way
100 percent fair 48 minutes? That’s simply not possible. Coaches make mistakes, players make mistakes, why would referee not make them too?
@@Mihau19894 sorry I mainly mean about the reviews. The chances they get to fix their mistakes and fail
The refereeing in these playoffs is really an atrocity this year. The amount of stuff they're missing, the inconsistency, really really bad.
The best ability is availability. An ability Embiid doesn't have.
It's a shame because he obviously has the talent to be one of the all time greats.
Josh Hart 💪💪💪
You’d think ESPN would be more excited and happy for Knicks winning playoff basketball games. That’s genuinely great for the league. I think Embiid is an amazing player but he just comes up short when it really counts.
The Knicks are 5-1 vs the 76ers including a 36 point win with Embiid on the court. I am sure there are 76,000 excuses for 76er fans. Did you all know Nick Nurse as the Raptors coach COMPLAINED about Embiid getting so many bogus foul calls on him? Now Embiid leads the NBA in most free throw attempts. If you breathe on or look at him wrong, Embiid goes to the line. Refs give him the white glove treatment.
Nick Nurse pump-faked a timeout and expected the ref to notice.
Maxey tried to pass the ball instead of getting possession and calling time out himself.
Ngl i think if Knicks are fully healthy they beat them anyway even if Embiid is healthy too. It may go to 6/7 but their roster is deeper
Reeeeeeeaaaaaaacccccchhhhh if embiid was healthy and the Knicks were as well it’s 2-0 Sixers
@@chblegendary165 maybe, it’s just my opinion and I think Knicks play better as a team while Philly have a more talented starting 5. Embiid has bottled many playoff games in favourable conditions and positions. He relies heavily on free throws in the regular season and we all know playoff whistle reduces that
@@FreeBandz658 true I agree with some of what you’re saying, I’m a blind Sixers fan I just got faith in my team
@@chblegendary165 fair enough good luck for the rest of the series anyway 👍🏽
"Trust the recovery Process"
Joel Embiid came into the league and admitted Troll and was quite divisive. Not surprised to hear the jeers from the NYC fans
That was years ago lol he been chillin for like the past 4-5 years lol
@@SPACEKNOCKERZ76New Yorkers Never Forget 💯🎯
Wait for Embiid to run Maxey under the bus soon after getting swept. This guy can’t win more than one post season series in a year. Round 1 exit if bottom 4 seeded. Round 2 exit if top 4 seeded. 4th quarter he maintains his 5 points and no rebounds. Ok, zero rebounds for the entire second half. I can’t believe this guy was compared to Nicola Jokic.
“Embiid” is an anagram for “first-round exit.”
They’ve been doing this all season, the Knicks are the underdogs even as the 2nd seed. They have all stepped up massively and that’s what the playoffs is about. Who wants it more and who steps up the most as a team is the one who takes it home. Don’t be surprised if the Knicks take it all home
Maxey might’ve gotten foul but I don’t know all I know is Embiid has always been a disappointment in the playoffs and chokes all the time. The Knicks will win in 6 it could be 5
How in any way is Embiid choking this series? The sixers are winning his minutes every time he is on the court and dude isn’t even 70%
He got caught watching
Jokic shoulda been MVP last year too.
Lakers just gave up Josh Hart for nothing
Can someone explain to me why Malika and Perk still work at this company?
Embiid and hero have no business being in the same sentence
Gives us hope to fight Boston
Freeze frame clearly shows he called timeout. But ny mob is loud and the most plentiful in the nba outside of the lakers
Embiid finally realized he is not going to be able to be the number one on a championship team because of his injuries...going to have to be a number 2
Hart on 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
For the last time… HE DID NOT CALL A TIMEOUT. He did a hesitation time out where he was getting ready to call a timeout, but then he backed out of it. I get he’s upset about the loss but come on man.
The last 2 minute report just debunked everything you said
@@thecomebackkid7892interesting. You know who also did not see the timeout on that freeze frame - every Sixer on the court and every Sixer on the bench.
You can blame the refs. They can take blame. But none of your own team saw you call a time out
@thecomebackkid7892 did the 2 minute report say Maxey committed an offensive foul when he pushed Hart to get the inbound pass
@@moveezy5591 Maxey clearly got fouled twice on that play
Dude he clearly called TO twice
Bro look the refs suck but if they actually called fouls right Joel wouldn’t be on the free throw line that much and Brunson, hartenstein and maxey (I know he’s a 76er) would be getting 20 points off the free throw line alone. Refs suck but if they suck for both teams there really isn’t an excuse
All we hear is Philly the better team! Philly is more talented. Yet, Philly has lost 5 of 6 games to Knicks. Knicks won the games with No Randle, no OG, no mitch. Still, Philly is the better team? 1-5 against the knicks. Philly is the better team?
JB not playing well, still NYK win. Philly, still the better team?
Let's just ignore our eyes. 😂😅😂
Everyone should keep saying Philly the better team. Maybe one day it will be true.
8:06 wasn’t Perkins the same man saying Embiid should sit out the rest of the season??😂😂😂yea I gotta fast forward when he talk smh
Has anyone seen Tobias Harris? This man has not been something the 76ers can rely on since he signed with them.
Embiid and Maxey could score 40 points a piece in the next 2 games but still get swept if they continue to get nothing from the rest of the players. Tobias Harris, who averaged 6 points a game in the regular season against the Knicks has only scored 17 points in the first two games. Buddy Hield and Kelly Oubre have combined for 18 points in the first 2 games. Hield has clearly played himself out of the rotation and if Nick Nurse doesn't make any changes to his player rotation, I believe the Sixers will get swept.
the only thing that is unaseptable is that you allowed ihart to get that board in between 4 sixers
Embiid spoke like a leader post game, unlike the Lakers' whining and grifting future fouls in their postgame comments.
Embiid did a lot of his damage in the first half while his leg was still strong. 2nd half all that banging & running wore him down, which is why Knicks could outrebound & outscramble him. The last part of the 4th, he never went into the paint. Knicks will wear Embiid out and take the series in 6 or less.
Idk I understand Maxie always having a speed advantage but sometime he has to work the clock, idk bout the nick nurse timeout
Sometimes refs really don’t hear you in a big moment like this , they can zone out like everyone else, like a lot of ppl said , run out like other coaches,
I honestly think they just fucked up man. Same as the lakers last night,
Idk , it’s two lost games both teams should’ve had, that’s EVERYTHING in a game 7 series.
Both made lots of mistakes to blame anyone but themselves to let the game get to that point anyways before anything else
Maxey might be Most Improved Player this year but he clearly needs more. 0:10 he’s got the ball secure and he chooses to try to pass it while in prone position?
Lmao maxey literally shoved Josh hart in the beginning to try and get open.. imma start complaining about that
The video has shown that Nick Nurse has lied. Minimal playoff contact at best. How about we acknowledge Maxy pushing Hart before the in bound.
They did my guy Nick dirty. Every ref knows to look for the timeout especially in the last few seconds
You know who else did him dirty? Every sixers on the court and the bench. Nobody saw the time out, even his own player. So there was no actual. Timeout. He just did a hesi move and backed out. So save that excuse, it doesn't really motivasi your team
Wait But didn’t nick nurse use his final time out when he unsuccessfully challenged that foul 👀 or am I mistaking
ALWAYS trying to get pity, points, seems pathetic for someone so talented.
Thata good business NBA
Joel Embiid is like Roberto Baggio ...keep walking
The Sixers lost in New York barely without help from the supporting cost. This is like the 5th or 6th game of the Sixers locking up Brunson. I expect them to continue guarding him well. Sixers will tie up the series in philly. The others will finally show up offensively
how about this view. Maxey and Embid score 30+, they hold Brunson to under 30 points and they still lose. What happens when Brunson gets on a roll?
@bryantbuntin672 brunson hasn't got off in the last 5. Sixers just know how to guard him. That won't just stop. Also at home role players normally play much better. Sixers role players haven't played well at all. They will at home
How tf is that ref supposed to give you a timeout when you're out by half court and he's looking at the inbounds counting 5 secs?
Smh. Man up, coach.
Embiid misses 4 free throws in a game the sixers lose by 3, but of course it was the refs that cost them the game
Yeah because those were the only missed shots all game. Misses never normally happen, right?
Also the refs have been favoring Embiid for both games. Casuals say Embiid can't be stopped but when Mitch Robinson or Isaiah Hartenstein plays defense with little to no contact they get called for fouls. 🤷♂
Is it just me or does embiid speak like he has special needs?
@@willn8664 ok and Maxey definitely got fouled on that inbounds pass
Philly is not going to get calls in this series. NY is a huge market. NBA wants them to move on to next round. If thie were two games were during regular season most of the Knicks starters would have fouled out.
Can I get Zach Lowe's million dollar job? 'You know what Josh Hart is? Josh Hart is a basketball player'.
Sixers' coaches love making excuses for their failures. When Doc was there it was the same thing. Now Nurse does it. Sixers made a bad inbound pass to Maxey who pushed off Hart to get open. They didn't block out Hartenstein who got the offensive rebound. Maxey stayed on the ground too long and didnt get up fast enough to rotate over to contest Donte's shot.
The league saw 2 missed calls and a missed time out. Its on record. Doesn't matter its not like theyll give the game back but its not debatable what happened
@altdelete7696 The refs missed calls in every quarter. Are they going to announce every missed call in every quarter of the game? What's the purpose of doing it, if they're not going to change the outcome of the game?
@@philb.1502 that's exactly what i said. Doesn't matter but its not an excuse, its a fact
Question they should be asking is why is Maxey throwing the ball away in that freeze frame lol in the most crucial moment when he should secure the ball and shoot Free Throws! and win Lol he does the opposite... thats why its not a timeout ask what in the world is Max3y doing..
Jokic could soon have 2titles,& definitely will have 3 MVPs. Embied still will be at 0 conference finals.
He also had a solid core for years. And Murray. If Joel had maxey earlier we’d might have had a nuggets Sixers finals already.
Embiid and Hart are polar opposites. Hart is so much shorter, but gets tons more rebounds and tons more heart, he loves the moment where Embiid doesn’t have heart, hides behind injuries and excuses. Embiid is mentally weak and will never win anything substantial
Zach gassing it right now 😂
I'm certainly not convinced by the sixers so far. Seems like after it started going south they just lost all structure. Just look at that last play, They had no game plan, panic mode, unprepared and Maxey and Embiid playing hot potato. Neither had the confidence to take the play on. The momentum is definitely with the knicks right now. Hopefully sixers can come out and finish strong at home.
The Sixers coughed up game two. You can't lose a game when you have a five point lead with 30 seconds left. That's just ridiculous!!!
Game 3 should be easy for Philly considering games 1 & 2 were theirs to lose
Or you could be concerned because Maxey and Embid both scored 30+ in each game, held Brunson to under 30 points in each game and they still lost.
@bryantbuntin672 Nah not worried what was the Knicks biggest lead all series like 8? The 76ers lead by 20 in New York twice 😂 the tweaker on the corner isn't even stressing rn my brotha we chillin in Philly 😎
76 excuses
did perk say " tickle your fanny"?
For what it's worth in North America it refers to someone's backside which isn't quite as crass as the true British meaning
The hate expressed towards embiid online is evidence of the fact that you just can't trust many people. They're secretly ugly inside.
Embiid trying to cry his way to a championship like he did with MVP
😂😂😂
The Philadelphia head coach should get fine for lying talking about. He called time out the ref ignore him that's a lie. You didn't have control of the ball for you to call time out Joel stop flapping?
Not according to the NBA. Read the report.
Playing hard is ACCEPTABLE stop bitching play ball!!!!!!!🏀 😂
Yall don’t want the Knicks or Knicks fans to have anything but sadness and mediocrity smhlmao
Embiid do not need to jump. Mostly shoot freethrows
And of course JOSH hart couldn’t do this in LA smh
Stop crying we have been on that same end before
76ers choking like they always does playoff
You like his head down no eye contact demeanor 😂 okay! Knicks in 5!
What are you showing the first one isnt a timeout his hands are apart he never called it then the second Maxey is literally throwing the ball away even in freeze frame lol thts not a timeout that should be granted sorry... lmao
It didn't matter none of these teams can or will beat the Celtics in a 7 game series. And no one will beat the nugs
LETS GO KNICKS
Yall call him a “hero,” but who is he a hero to? Outside of Philly and ESPN, who genuinely believes in Embiid? Nobody! He ain’t nobody’s hero! Stop trying to push him onto us, when clearly, not only do we not want it, but he doesn’t want what comes with it, either
Speak for yourself
So true, Embiid is soft, mentally weak and just doesn’t have heart. His body language is negative and there is always another reason besides him as to why Philly suck in playoffs. Embiid is the problem
Embiid can be a goat Robin. But he is not Batman
Nick nurse prepped the time out stance and still got it wrong. This dude is a clown.
And harden doing good in clippers well harden is not the problem in sixers HAHAHHAHAAH