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Jaylen Brown Found A Way To Demoralize Joel Embiid With A Layup

Jaylen Brown Found A Way To Demoralize Joel Embiid With A Layup

Photo: Adam Glanzman (Getty) Dear lord, Jaylen Brown is unwell in the best possible way. Every neuron in his big smart brain must have been hollering at him not to do what he did. Joel Embiid made opponents shoot 12 percent worse at the rim last season. He has made a living by—among many other things—scaring opponents out of exactly this kind of madcap attack. And there the dude was, all seven feet and 250 pounds of him positioned calmly, hands straight up, ready to erect a wall. Joel Embiid did not put himself in position to be humiliated. But then, the Celtics had apparently built...

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