76ers' Joel Embiid faces 'flopping' accusations after Philly's Game 7 win over Celtics

The Boston Celtics watched arsenic their 3-1 bid lead against nan Philadelphia 76ers slipped distant this week arsenic they mislaid Game 7 and were eliminated from nan playoffs connected Saturday night.

The 76ers won Game 7, 109-100, down Joel Embiid’s 34 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. Embiid made 9 of his 11 free-throw attempts, but drew flopping accusations from Celtics prima Jaylen Brown aft nan game.

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Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid celebrates aft his squad defeated nan Boston Celtics successful Game 7 of nan first-round NBA playoffs successful Boston connected May 2, 2026. (Jim Davis/AP)

"Embiid put a batch of unit connected us, for illustration connected each our bigs and our guards," he said, via Mass Live. "We didn’t really person an reply for him. We tried a bunch of different things and he just, he’s a large body, and besides he was flopping around, he sewage immoderate other calls and worldly for illustration that, and they rewarded him for that. That’s nan convention that we’re in. So, that’s each I sewage to say."

Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and VJ Edgecombe added 23 successful nan win.

One of nan cardinal difference-makers successful Game 7 were Philadelphia’s 3-point shooting. The 76ers were 39% from agelong scope while Boston changeable 27%. The Celtics were 13-of-49.

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Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown plays during nan last minutes of Game 7 successful a first-round NBA playoff bid successful Boston connected May 2, 2026. (Jim Davis/AP)

Brown said aft nan crippled that he didn’t consciousness arsenic though Philadelphia was a "traditional" No. 7 seed. He gave in installments to Maxey, Embiid and Paul George’s effectiveness.

"Like we conscionable didn’t really person an answer for Embiid successful the games that he played. He conscionable was a problem for us," Brown added. "Obviously, we didn’t cognize if he was going to beryllium capable to play because of his appendicitis, aliases immoderate you telephone it, but I deliberation that made nan difference. But springiness in installments to (76ers caput coach) Nick Nurse. Give in installments to Philadelphia. They sewage better."

Boston besides mislaid Jayson Tatum to an wounded successful nan mediate of Game 6 and he exited Game 7, while trying to play done an injury.

Boston Celtics' Jayson Baylor Scheierman defends Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid during nan first half of Game 7 successful a first-round NBA playoff bid successful Boston connected May 2, 2026. (Jim Davis/AP)

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Philadelphia will play nan New York Knicks successful nan adjacent round.