Joel Embiid takes unnecessary shot at Nick Nurse after win vs. Nets
76ers Joel Embiid took a jab at Nick Nurse while addressing the way the Brooklyn Nets guarded him after Philadelphia's win on Monday night.
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- They told us the call, you know, the interview that Nick came out with, for you guys to kind of have to play to that, even in the second half?
JOEL EMBIID: I mean, I saw, you know, last-- after the game last time, they kind of took the Nick Nurse swap out of that game for free throws and calling out the referees. And, you know, that did come out. And, you know, they got a lot of calls, which, I guess, is good for them.
But, you know, I-- I think we didn't play our best basketball. But what-- what happened in the second half was we just figured out, you know, what worked. And we just kept doing it over, and over, and over. And, you know, they stuck to their game plan. They didn't make any adjustments. And, you know-- and we just figured out and just kept playing together.