Watch Brett Brown Lose A $100 Bet To Joel Embiid At Sixers Shootaround


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The Sixers will look to even their series with the Celtics at one game a piece on Thursday night in Boston after getting blitzed in Game 1.

Joel Embiid did his part on the offensive end in the first game, but the rest of the Sixers could not find their range from distance and the result was a 117-101 loss to a shorthanded Celtics squad. Philadelphia doesn’t seem to be putting too much pressure on themselves as they hope that shots start to fall and they can put forth a better defensive effort in Game 2.

During Thursday’s shootaround at TD Garden, things were pretty loose and even featured coach Brett Brown losing a $100 bet to Joel Embiid over whether his star center could juggle a basketball 20 times with his feet.

As you can see in the video, Embiid pops his sandals off and goes to work, popping the ball up in the air with his feet and counting out the number of times he successfully keeps it off the floor. When he hits 20, Brown reaches into his bag to pull out his wallet, where he fishes out a crisp $100 bill and summons Embiid over to pay his debt.

It’s a pretty funny video, featuring some great camera work to capture it and not even really need the audio to know exactly what’s going on. Embiid earned his money at shootaround and the Sixers will hope he earns his game check with some stellar play on Thursday night to send the series back to Philadelphia tied.

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