The Philadelphia 76ers may be two games down in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-finals series but Joel Embiid thinks his struggling side will triumph. (More Basketball News)
The second-seeded New York Knicks lead Philadelphia 2-0 after Mo🐼nday's crucial 104-101 win after an impress♔ive late comeback.
Down 101-96 in the final minute, the Knicks scored the game's final eight points to further their l🌄ead in the series, which shifts to Philadelphia for Thursday's Game 3.
Yet Embiiꦓd 🤡still insists the 76ers will progress in the East.
"We're good," a confidentꦆ Embiid declared. "We're going to win this series.
"W🥀e are going to win this. We know wh𓃲at we have to fix. We did a better job today, so we are going to fix it.
"We are the better team. We are going to keep 𓆉fighti🌌ng."
A chaotic final 15 seconds proved decisive at𓂃 Madison Square Garden as Donte Di🥂Vincenzo's go-ahead 3-pointer started a furious late rally that propelled the Knicks.
Philadelphia coach Nick Nurse claimed the 76ers had b൩een calling timeout as a frenzied finale played out.
"Well, the first thing is🔜 obviously they score," Nurse said. "We take a look at getting it in quick. We don't get it ♔in quick.
"I ca🔴ll timeout. Referee looked right at me. Ignored me. Went🥃 into Tyrese [Maxey], I called timeout again. Then the melee started.
"I guess I got to run out onto the floor or do something to make sure and get hi꧟s att🦩ention, but I needed a timeout there to advance it.
"Would've beeꦇn good, but, couldn🐼't get it."
Embiid echoed his coac⛦h's sentiment, adding: "Everybody was trying to call a timeout on the floor, me included. Coach on the sideline. Butꦆ they didn't give it to us.
"But✅, fꦿorget about the timeout. There's a bunch of fouls. That's unacceptable."
In stark contrast, the Knicks had a wholl൲y different 𒀰perspective on the ending.
"We're down two, got to be as physical as we can be, try to get tꦫhe steal," said Jo🐈sh Hart. "And that's what we did."
