Stephen A. Smith on Jaylen Brown’s flopping comments about Joel Embiid:
“You getting paid over $300 million. You were a MVP candidate. You were up 3-1 in this series. Did you say anything when you were up 3-1? No you didn’t…. That is not why the Celtics lost. They lost because they live and die by the 3 and they play dumb basketball down the stretch.”
(via @FirstTake, h/t @NBA__Courtside)
VJ Edgecombe started his career dropping 34 points, beating the Celtics in Boston.
His 76ers just beat the Celtics in a series for the first time in 44 years 🤯
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