Coming into Wednesday night, the Philadelphia 76ers' starting five had taken the floor together in just 16 games between the regular season and playoffsa. In Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Ben Simmons, J.J. Redick, Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris, and Joel Embiid made it easy to wonder just how differently the basketball world might think of the Sixers if they had more time to gel on the floor.

After leading his team to a 116-95 victory over the Toronto Raptors, though, Embiid balked at the notion that experience and continuity trump talent and unselfishness.

“Chemistry is overrated,” he said, per Ben Golliver of the Washington Post. “When you have great basketball players on the floor, it's easy. It's not that complicated. We're all willing passers. We're so unselfish. We understand that it's all about moving the ball. We don't ever want to get into situations where one guy has the ball and try to create. We know that we need to move the ball, and it just makes it easier.”

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Joel Embiid, who scored 28 points on 25 shots in the first two games against Toronto, had 33 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, and five blocks in Game 3. He shot 9-of-18 from the field, 3-of-4 from beyond the arc, and 12-of-13 from the free throw line, leading a Sixers offense that was firing on all cylinders. Philadelphia shot 51.2 percent overall and connected on 10-of-23 from deep en route to a 124.4 offensive rating and 61.2 true shooting percentage. Brett Brown’s team doled out 29 assists, too, the second-most its had in the playoffs so far.

The Sixers, with two straight victories after getting blown out in Game 1, lead the Raptors 2-1.