{"id":646671,"date":"2026-05-03T09:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646671\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:35:09","slug":"jaylen-brown-accuses-joel-embiid-of-flopping-around-points-to-refs-after-celtics-game-7-loss-to-sixers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646671\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown accuses Joel Embiid of ‘flopping around,’ points to refs after Celtics’ Game 7 loss to Sixers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joel Embiid<\/a>\u2019s great night came with a caveat, according to Jaylen Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> completed a historic comeback Saturday with a Game 7 win over the Boston Celtics<\/a>. Embiid played a starring role in the proceedings, with 34 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 turnover.<\/p>\n

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Brown had a productive game as well, posting 33 points and 9 assists. He then had something to say while speaking with reporters postgame<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cEmbiid put a lot of pressure on us, on all of our bigs and our guards. We didn\u2019t really have an answer for him. We tried a bunch of different things. He\u2019s a big body. He also was flopping around. He got some extra calls, and they rewarded him for that, but that\u2019s the league we\u2019re in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not too hard to decipher that message, though it\u2019s worth noting that Embiid and Brown did share a friendly embrace on the court after the game.<\/p>\n

Obviously, Embiid has a well-earned reputation for drawing fouls. And on Saturday, he was 9-for-11 from the free-throw line, which are more attempts than the entire Celtics starting lineup earned.<\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t the main reason the Celtics lost, though. If you want one factor that could have turned this game into a Celtics blowout, look no further than their 13-for-49 performance from the 3-point line (26.5%). Brown himself was 3-for-9.<\/p>\n

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We could also talk about the Celtics missing 10 straight baskets in the final five minutes, or Derrick White<\/a> going from a standout first half to a disappearing act in the second half. Jayson Tatum\u2019s absence<\/a> also loomed large after the star was surprisingly ruled out for the game with knee stiffness.<\/p>\n

Anyway, we now go to Embiid himself for a rebuttal.<\/p>\n

It was a painful loss for the Celtics, who had never blown a 3-1 lead in franchise history before Saturday. And it was a demanding season for Brown in general, picking up much of the load left by Tatum as he recovered from a torn Achilles.<\/p>\n

The Sixers now advance to face the New York Knicks<\/a> in the Eastern Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid\u2019s great night came with a caveat, according to Jaylen Brown. The Philadelphia 76ers completed a historic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,1664,62056,15610,7230,37975,590,1666,9688,85],"class_list":["post-646671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boston-celtics","tag-derrick-white","tag-jaylen-brown","tag-jayson-tatum","tag-joel-embiid","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}