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Locked On Celtics - Daily Podcast On The Boston Celtics

Joel Embiid Gives Sixers NO CHANCE To Win | Neemias Queta Concerns

Locked On Celtics - Daily Podcast On The Boston Celtics

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4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Joel Embiid’s return might spell doom for the Philadelphia 76ers as their offense grinds to a halt and Tyrese Maxey is forced out of rhythm. John Karalis of Celtics On SI and guest Tom Westerholm of Boston.com break down how the Boston Celtics exploited Embiid’s heliocentric play, slamming home the point that Embiid’s style does little to help his teammates or the Sixers’ championship hopes. With Maxey’s usage plummeting and the Celtics feasting on a predictable attack, is Game 5 already a formality? The spotlight also turns to Neemias Queta's foul trouble and its ripple effects on Boston’s playoff potential. Can Queta rediscover his disciplined defense against elite matchups, or will his bad habits resurface at the worst time? Plus, Celtics offensive strategy stays “simple by design”—but could overreliance on straightforward reads become an issue deeper in the postseason?

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0:00.0

If you thought we were done talking about Joelle and Pete, you are sadly mistaken, my friend,

0:05.4

plus our concern level for Nemeish-Keda.

0:11.8

Hey, welcome back to the show.

0:13.7

I am John Corrales back after a very successful weekend in Philadelphia.

0:19.9

Later around, we'll talk about those

0:21.3

Nemesh-Keda concerns. Are there any concerns? We'll get into some more of the game

0:26.0

for leftovers. We've got to start the conversation with more Joelle and B. Talk. I'm not

0:30.9

done talking about them. And I brought Tom Wester home along with me because Tom

0:35.1

wants to talk about it too.

0:46.7

I mean, in the same way that when Trey Young got traded and we, you know, we're like,

0:49.4

we've been trying to tell you all, right? Like that like, you know what, Trey Young on the Wizards to try to rehabilitate his career is like appropriate, right?

0:56.6

We were like that.

0:57.5

Yes, fair.

0:58.5

Now we're in the right zone for this man.

1:01.5

I feel like this, like you want to talk about your victory laps.

1:06.0

I mean, my goodness, like Joel Embed at this current juncture.

1:09.6

I mean, you must be like, like how do you have the breath? How are you drawing breath from the amount of victory lap that you were able to take? I don't know what you're talking about. He had 26 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists in his return. It's a great game. Come on. Come on. He's a great game, Tom. Come on, guys. Come on. Here's a thing, too. The fucking points are, oh, let's get the. Well, here's the thing, though, right? It's like, the funny thing to me is that, I mean, like, there's plenty of not smart ones out there, but the Sixers fans that I run into generally are so smart and are not like they're all i

1:47.0

mean there's so many funny smart sixers fans who are just so you know despairing over this matchup

1:55.3

and it's i i feel for them to some extent because yeah, this must be unbelievably frustrating to watch this

2:02.7

time and time and time and time again.

2:05.5

But anyway, yeah.

2:06.7

Let's just dive deeper into the box score just a little bit.

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