'We know what we got to do'; Sixers regrouping after 'tough" G6 loss - ESPN

PHILADELPHIA — After watching the Boston Celtics close Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals with a 14-3 run to walk out of Wells Fargo Center with a 95-86 victory to push this titanic matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers to a Game 7 on Sunday, the NBA's newly-minted Most Valuable Player, Joel Embiid, said his team will be ready when this series resumes in 72 hours.

«We know what we got to do,» said Embiid, who finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds in 40 minutes. «We've gone on the road and we've won. It's not going to be easy in that environment, but it's the same thing. Everybody has to step up, starting with me. I got to be more aggressive, as far as shooting and making sure I get my teammates looks and everybody else has to do their job and everybody has to show up.

»But it's going to be fun. Game 7… that's why you play, for these types of games. Tonight was pretty tough, but we know how much better we could have been… we've got to respond, and got to go win."

It briefly appeared that Philadelphia would be able to win Game 6 and take care of business when Jayson Tatum — who at that point was 1-for-14 from the field — committed a clear path foul on Tyrese Maxey that, after Maxey hit a pair of free throws, made it 83-81 Philadelphia with just under six minutes to go.

But instead of closing the game out, the 76ers closed up shop, missing nine consecutive shots over the next several minutes before a meaningless bucket by deep reserve Jaden Springer with 22 seconds remaining capped the scoring.

In the interim, Tatum buried four 3-pointers by himself to save both his game and Boston's season, with Philadelphia being left to regret its stagnant late-game offense and rue a missed opportunity to advance to the Eastern