Nuggets Triumph as Embiid's Absence Leaves 76ers Shorthanded

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00:03 >> J-Y, a huge Saturday night slate in the NBA, a part of Rivals Week.

00:08 But somebody made Joel Embiid play in games in Denver against

00:12 Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets.

00:14 He was not out there on Saturday night and

00:17 his Sixers did lose in mile high, 111-105.

00:21 Philly did cover as an eight point underdog, but

00:24 Embiid now has missed 11 games this year.

00:27 Nikola Jokic on the other side had 26 points and 16 boards.

00:31 Big game, Paul Reed tried to fill in 30 points and 13 rebounds for Philadelphia.

00:37 But without Embiid, the Sixers go down and Denver wins by six, 111-105.

00:42 What was your takeaway, J-Y, for the matchup on Saturday night in mile high?

00:46 >> It's like if you think about wrestling, you had the real sting and

00:53 the fake sting, you think sting's gonna show up?

00:56 And all of a sudden, here comes some Jabroni we don't know, and that's Paul Reed.

01:00 I shout out to Paul Reed, you did your work.

01:02 But I mean, Ben, I think 2019 was the last time Joel Embiid played

01:08 in Colorado and Denver.

01:10 Is it the altitude?

01:12 Is it the dispensaries?

01:14 Is it the Coors Light Brewery?

01:16 Something's going on that we don't know about, that it wasn't a back to back.

01:19 It was a first game over road trip.

01:21 It made sense for him to go play.

01:24 But honestly enough, he doesn't play.

01:27 And now you see his MVP odds shift because of it,

01:32 because we're getting to that point, folks.

01:35 It's the 65 thing is gonna come up every single time he misses a game.

01:42 I think he was at plus 120, if I'm not mistaken, Ben, before it was announced.

01:46 Now he's tied at two to one odds with the Jokers.

01:50 So we'll see how much Joel Embiid is going to want this.

01:54 But I wonder if the voters may penalize him for not playing in this game.

02:03 It may get really tricky, this MVP vote.

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