Earlier on Tuesday, Philadelphia 76ers stars Joel Embiid and James Harden went viral after a video of Harden teaching Embiid his signature double stepback jumper surfaced. It was met with much hype and anticipation as the idea of the Sixers big man improving his shooting prowess would make him even more unstoppable.

Fast forward to their game against the Boston Celtics and all the hype turned into mockery after Embiid tried the move and was called with a traveling violation. To make matters worse, he had zero chance in making the shot after he was blocked. Yikes!

It would have been a different story had Joel Embiid actually made it–regardless of the traveling call. The story would have been how James Harden has already made an impact on the Sixers by helping the All-Star big man become an even more potent shooter.

Unfortunately, that was not the case at all. Embiid learned his lesson the hard way, and it is unlikely he'll try to do the move next time given how horrible it went the first time. Besides, there's the traveling call.

Of course it didn't escape the merciless eyes of Twitter trolls, who poked fun at Embiid for really trying and failing in his attempt.

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Adding insult to injury, Embiid and the Sixers got demolished by the Celtics by 48 points. Double whammy!