These were pretty sweet.
The Philadelphia 76ers came out firing in a Game 6 six they need to win to save their season, and while Joel Embiid hasn’t been putting up the amount of points were used to seeing, he has brought it defensively.
Something Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard learned first hand as he had Embiid stop him from trying to throw down a dunk in the second half and then got blocked again on a layup attempt.
While Jimmy Butler led the way early for the 76ers, Embiid, who was hindered by a virus in Games 4 an 5, helped keep the Raptors far enough away in the Sixers’ Game 6 win with these impressive blocks:
EMBIID GOT KAWHI TWICE
pic.twitter.com/PhGJ9oyZsL
— ESPN (@espn) May 10, 2019
Here’s another look at his second block on Leonard:
Embiid with the block on Kawhi leads to the Simmons finish on the break #NBAPlayoffs
: @DimeUPROXX
pic.twitter.com/hojurVqtNH— USA TODAY NBA (@usatodaynba) May 10, 2019
Fans loved it:
Embiid having a block party on the claw
— neily_spleng (@NeilySpleng) May 10, 2019
My drug? Embiid block to Simmons fastbreak
—
(@MohannadWA_) May 10, 2019
