It starts with me. I wasn't good enough.

Joel Embiid

We've beaten a few of those top teams, also, we dropped games that we shouldn't have, so it goes both ways. We're right there. And I've been saying it — for us to have a chance, we have to be perfect. I have to do what I've been doing, be that dominant and maybe even more.

Just being aggressive, we did a good job of executing.

I was not very good tonight, so I was happy my teammates were able to pick me up.

I like to score the ball, i have a score-first mentality. If they're double- or triple-teaming, I'm going to make the right play.

There’s no way I could have played worse than I did in the first half, i feel that I was probably the worst player in the NBA in that first half. All I needed to do was be aggressive.

That was not happening on my court, that was not happening in Philly.

Honestly, I did not think I was going to play tonight after the workout last night, really couldn't go up and down more than three times. I guess, to me it's a miracle I even played this many minutes.

That jawn hit me hard, i really thought I wasn't going to make it. It was that bad. So, I'm just thankful to be sitting here. I struggled with it, but I'm just glad I got over it and I'm just here.

At this point, I don’t care about that man. He does whatever he wants.

We are a better team with him. There’s no question about it. We still hope that he changes his mind [and rejoins the team], but I kind of owe it to these guys to just worry about what we have here. That’s the front office’s job to kind of figure it out, what’s gonna happen. That’s not my job. I’m not the GM. I’m not the owner. So that’s none of my business, honestly.

I’ll be honest. I thought the turning point was when we, I don’t know how to say it, is when we had an open shot and we made one free throw.

I still believe if I was 100%, if we were all together.

I'm sure you saw that, but that Kawhi dunk was crazy.

That was also when I fell in love with basketball and that’s why he became my favorite player, i mean, I would say that I am probably here because of him. ... We miss him a lot. I miss him a lot. He was my favorite player. When you watch the way I play basketball and the moves that I’ve added, especially when it comes from fadeaways over both shoulders, that comes from a lot of tapes of Kobe’s games.

The Celtics entered the game having outscored the 76ers 87-42 from beyond the 3-point arc, but were just 8 of 31 on Friday night. Yet The Celtics was better than the 76ers, who were 9 of 39. We couldnt make a shot.

The Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. Jaylen Brown had 21 points and Jason Tatum added 15 for The Celtics. Joel Embiid had 30 points and 13 rebounds to lead the 76ers. They shot 29.5 % from the field. I dont want to be swept.