76ers' Joel Embiid: 'I didn't show up' for Game 7 vs. Raptors - Sportsnet.ca

It’s rather curious that Embiid is being so hard on himself considering he was definitely the best 76ers player that fateful May evening.

Finishing with 21 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and a team-high plus-10 rating, Embiid was a veritable terror. And while it’s true he was inefficient — he only shot 6-for-18 from the field — considering the fact he had been battling illness in the series and managed to help position Philly just one remarkable shot away from the heading to overtime for him to so critical of himself doesn’t seem right.

But right or not, it looks as if the 25-year-old is holding himself to a higher standard after experiencing that playoff heartbreak to the Raptors.Embiid has rightfully been criticized in the past for childish behaviour and being something of a front-runner.

“I didn’t notice, I just saw them shake their bodies. I didn’t pay attention to what the hell they were doing,” Embiid said of the Toronto crowd mocking him at the time. “I don’t care if [my celebrations] offend anybody about what I do, it’s all about having fun.” From “it’s all about having fun” to “it doesn’t matter if you don’t win it all,” and accepting all blame for a Game 7 defeat that definitely wasn’t all on him, it certainly appears that something’s changed within Embiid, with that series loss to the Raptors being the catalyst.

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