NBA playoffs, Joel Embiid decides Game-3, then trash talks with Drake. VIDEO

A triple from Joel Embiid with 8 tenths from the end of the overtime decides Game 3 and probably the series between Philadelphia and Toronto in favor of the Sixers, dominated by the 33 points of the MVP candidate. Boston comes back to Brooklyn with a great last quarter and goes 2-0 in the series with the Nets, only 10 points for Kyrie Irving. DeMar DeRozan signs 41 points and draws the series with the Bucks who also lose Khris Middleton due to injury ALL PLAYOFFS ARE ON SKY SPORT CHANNELS

BOSTON CELTICS-BROOKLYN NETS RACE-2 114-107 (SERIES 2-0) | Even without the dramatic race-1 epilogue with Jayson Tatum’s buzzer beater, the series between the Celtics and the Nets continues to not disappoint in terms of emotion. Race-2 goes to the hosts again, able to come back 17 lengths behind with a great second half from 59-42 especially in the defensive half, putting his head forward in the fourth period without looking back for go 2-0 in the series and put the Nets back to the wall

To understand how well they defended the Celtics this data is enough: in the second half Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving only scored one of 17 attemptswith the former having, however, closed at an altitude 27 (but with 4/17 shooting and no basket in the second half, net of 18/20 to free) and the second whistled by his former fans with just 10 points and 8 rebounds with 4/13 from the field after 39 in race-1. And to say that the Nets were off to a great start with Bruce Brown (23 points at the end) and found 18 points from Goran Dragic and 16 from Seth Curry

It was a partial 23-4 in which the Celtics defense kept the opponents without baskets for nearly three minutes, overwhelming them with the intensity and thrust of the TD Garden. Seven of the eight men in coach Udoka’s rotation finished in double figuresled by 22 by Jaylen Brown (10 in the last quarter) and i 19 with 10 assists (but 5/16 shooting) by Jayson Tatum, drawing the joker Payton Pritchard from the bench (8 of his 10 points in the final quarter). Williams (17), Horford (16), Theis (15) and Smart (12) also did well