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The Philadelphia 76ers came a few games shy of meeting the Cleveland Cavaliers for a chance at the Eastern Conference throne, but despite LeBron James relinquishing his stronghold on the East, Sixers big man Joel Embiid won't change a thing moving forward.
The Sixers were favored to come out on top against a hollowed out Boston Celtics team without its two best players in Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, but the C's eventually prevailed, running away with a rather easy 4-1 series.
“I felt like we had a pretty good chance against Boston,” said Embiid, according to Dan Gelston of The Associated Press. “They kind of caught us off guard.”
Embiid was closely checked by veteran center Al Horford, who put his endurance to the test in an up-and-down battle for position, taking the legs of the young center early in the series.
Yet neither the loss to the Celtics nor James departure will change how the Sixers approach this upcoming season.
“We won 52 games which no one thought would happen,” said Embiid, referring to their 2017-18 season. “The approach doesn't change. We're just going to do our thing.”
The Sixers are expected to compete against the Celtics and the new-look Toronto Raptors for the title of best in the East. Embiid will be tasked with showing improved conditioning and a better shot selection to take this team a step further than last postseason, now with a wide-open road to the promise land without James' roadblock present.
