Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight
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What happened during Kevin Durant's milestone night?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. Coming up, believe it or not, the Sixers are down pretty bad right now. The Grizzlies beat the Suns in spite of KD passing the 30,000 point mark. And we have James Edwards on to talk about the Knicks and their big win over the Pacers. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, Zena. Before we get started, I want to tell you guys a bit of exciting news. We launched a Discord. Now, Zena, I don't really know what Discord is, but I don't either. It's like a chat room. No, no, no, no. you know it's like it's like a chat for the for the show uh we're gonna take questions there it's place for us to hang out during games maybe you know uh try to build a little community here i'll include that like it'll be in the show description and show notes so uh please join us and uh come talk hoops with us it'll be fun you can teach us how to use it how about that you know like they can i love that teach us how to use it um
Look, it seems so often that we've been tied up in trade minutia and trade news. It's nice to finally be back to the games.
It's only been a week, Dave. I know.
It's only been a week. No, it's been like two weeks. The Luka trade just killed me. So we're back to the games. It's been like many years. We're back to the games. The Sixers having just not a great season, but hey. Three games in a row where they have Paul George, Joel Embiid, and Tyrese Maxey out there. Finally, things looking good. Oh, wait, no. They've lost all three of those games. They've lost four in a row, Zena. And this fourth one might be the most embarrassing one. They just look completely lifeless. And they were doing it at home in front of the Super Bowl champion Eagles who showed up. And the game ends, and I'm just going to jump straight to the end. They lose to the Raptors because the Raptors have turned into this punchy team who's doing things.
We're going to have to talk to someone up there, maybe just us. But the end of the game, Joel Embiid, it's his moment. This is the reason he has the big five-year $300 million left on his contract. Gets the ball wide open, 10 seconds left. They're down two. He has a chance to win or maybe take a step in, tie the game up, and instead, he doesn't look comfortable. He does a little drive. He loses the ball and somehow dribbles the ball off the back of his head. I feel bad for him because he doesn't look right physically, Zena, but
Couldn't have gone worse. He looks like a shell of himself out there. You're absolutely right. In that play, you expect Joel Embiid to take a dribble in and take that jumper, that free throw extended jumper that we know he can hit, that mid-range easy swish, but no. it's like he second guessed himself. We all saw it. We all felt it. And I think that that's the thing that is resonating with all of us about this season is that we're all seeing this decline for Joel Embiid in the way that he's coming out there and trying to get back into the shape and the player that he is. And yet it's not manifesting out there on the court. And right now, when you look at Joel Embiid, Paul George, Tyrese Maxey, this
big three that so much emphasis was put on in the East. This was the group that was going to challenge Boston. This was the group that was going to be the new big three in the East. They've played 252 minutes together this year. 13 games total. Now, a lot of that is out of their hands. It's quite literally their bodies that have been fighting against them. The injuries have been an issue. But even with the time left in the season, there's not enough time for them to coalesce out there on the court to really make an impact. Tyrese Maxey's body has been run through the ground. I mean, Dave, what are we hearing out of the Philadelphia Sixers? All All right.
So I'm glad you I'm glad you asked, because, you know, the other day during the during the ESPN broadcast, Lisa Salters, she she mentioned that Joel Embiid believes he's going to need offseason knee surgery. Out of nowhere, even that's not even a red flag. Right. You know what I mean? Like a red flag is a warning that is literally saying, oh, no, I am. We're past it. Like we're now scheduling.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What happened during Kevin Durant's milestone night?
0:07–7:25
2
Should the Sixers shut it down after recent losses?
7:25–9:19
3
What does Joel Embiid's performance signify for the Sixers?
9:19–13:07
4
What are the implications of the Sixers' injuries this season?
13:07–18:14
5
How did the Knicks perform against the Pacers?
18:14–20:07
6
What challenges do the Knicks face against top teams?
20:07–21:14
7
What can we expect from the Knicks moving forward?
21:14–26:58