you don't want it you don't need it but you're going to get it anyway the kevin chien show

here's kevin tommy's here today i'm here uh hope everybody had a great weekend we both have

watched uh the finale of the show we've been talking about over the last seven weeks,

Maravishtown. We will get to that. We will get to the Naomi Osaka story from the French Open.

But I think we should start with the Wizards, who stayed alive last night, beating the 76ers, 122 to 114, in a game that, to me, it's pretty

simple. I mean, if Joelle and Bede plays in the game more than 11 minutes, the wizard's season

is over. I mean, it's really, it isn't much more than that.

I mean, this is the easiest recap of a game of all time.

Now, there were other things in the game that I want to talk about, but the bottom line

is Joelle Embed got hurt.

He's having an MRI on his knee today.

He played 11 minutes when he was in the game.

They were up by as many as 10. He got two fouls called on Gafford who started the game, two fouls on Len who came in for Gafford. And then he left the game and the Wizards came back.

And even though they trailed at halftime, they took a 14.3

quarter lead and held on for dear life against primarily 76ers backups because Ben Simmons was

in foul trouble for much of the game. If you watch the game on Saturday night, it was an

embarrassment. I mean, it was one of the worst, you night, it was an embarrassment.

I mean, it was one of the worst efforts I've seen.

The one thing that I liked about last night, even with Embed in the game, Tommy,

is that they actually came out and played with a level of urgency like they had interest in winning the game and extending their season.

But if Embed plays and plays his normal minutes, the wizards are over, their season's over.

That's the way I saw it.

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