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Joel Embiid returned to the 76ers after an appendectomy, but they lost 128-96 to the Celtics in Game 4. This defeat puts Philadelphia down 3-1 in the Eastern Conference first round series.
Boston Celtics' Neemias Queta (88) goes up for a dunk past Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid (21) during the first half of Game 4 in a first-round NBA basketball playoffs series Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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At 6:13 Sunday night, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid walked on the Xfinity Mobile Arena court, stopped by the scorerâs table to put rosin blend powder on his hands, performed the sign of the cross and raised both pointer fingers to the sky. Embiid, who hadnât played since undergoing an emergency appendectomy on April 9, then went through an 11-minute workout. Five minutes later, the 76ers upgraded Embiid from questionable to available.
Despite Embiidâs return, the 76ers were no match for the Boston Celtics, losing 128-96 on their home floor to fall behind three games to one in the Eastern Conference first round series. It was the second-worst home loss in 76ersâ playoff history, only trailing a 36-point defeat against the Milwaukee Bucks in 1970.
Embiid led the 76ers with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in just over 34 minutes, but he struggled on defense, as did his teammates. The Celtics shot 24 of 53 on 3-pointers, setting a franchise-record for most 3âs in a playoff game and falling one shy of the NBA record held by the in 2016 and Milwaukee Bucks in 2023. Ten Boston players had at least one 3 on Sunday.
The 76ers lost to the Celtics 128-96 in Game 4.
Joel Embiid returned after an appendectomy but could not prevent the 76ers' loss.
The loss puts the 76ers down 3-1 in their playoff series against the Celtics.
Joel Embiid underwent an emergency appendectomy on April 9.

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Boston scored 72 points in the second half on 22 of 40 field goals, including 13 of 25 on 3âs, and 15 of 17 free throws. The Celtics also held a 51-30 rebounding advantage, while the 76ers only made 41.2 % of their shots, including 9 of 30 on 3âs.
The blowout was reminiscent of Game 1 when the Celtics won, 123-91, in Boston and made 50% of their field goals, including 16 of 44 3âs. And it was a surprising and confounding effort after the 76ers played well in a 111-97 victory in Game 2 and a 108-100 loss in Game 3 during which Philadelphia was in it until the final minute.
After Sundayâs game, 76ers coach Nick Nurse interrupted a reporter who asked about the teamâs defense, calling it âvery, very badâ before trying to explain what went wrong.
âIâm not so sure why,â Nurse said. âIt just didnât seem like any matchup could guard anybody one on one tonightâŠWe had them pushed out and bottled up and physical and really off kind of rhythm (in Games 2 and 3), and there was none of that tonight.â
He added: âI donât know why we couldn't block out better or rebound better or move better on defense or whatever. We just seemed a half-step behind energy-wise. Whatever it was, we were a half-step behind on everything. Even the shots, none of them were going in.â
Embiid, who had wrapping around his midsection, scored Philadelphiaâs first eight points, but he was inconsistent at times, an understandable situation considering he was coming off surgery and just started workouts a few days ago. During a more than 17-minute stretch from the start of the second quarter through almost midway through the third quarter, Embiid went 0 of 7 from the field. He then scored 10 points in the final 6:51 of the third quarter, but the 76ers still trailed, 95-74, as the Celtics scored 39 points in the third. Embiid made 9 of his 21 shots but missed five of his six 3-pointers.
âI thought he certainly played a lot better offensively in the second half,â Nurse said. âIâve got to look at the tape a little bit more to see the other end, but the other end wasnât very good tonight, which is really disappointing. Not just him, Iâm just talking about everybody. I thought he had a lot of good looks. A lot of them went in and out, and that certainly wasn't helping our offense.â
Payton Pritchard led the Celtics with 32 points off the bench, including 18 in the first half when he made 7 of 12 field goals, including 4 of 6 on 3âs. It was Pritchardâs career playoff-high, topping the 23 points he scored against the New York Knicks in Game 3 of their second round series last May. And it was two points shy of Bostonâs record for most points scored by a reserve in a playoff game, set by Kevin McHale in May 1991 in an overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons that ended the Celticsâ season.
Jayson Tatum added 30 points for the Celtics, including 25 in the second half, while Jaylen Brown had 20, all in the final three quarters. Meanwhile, the 76ers couldnât get much going on offense with Embiid back in the lineup. Rookie VJ Edgecombe continued his struggles and had just 6 points on 2 of 9 shooting, while fellow starter Kelly Oubre Jr. had two points and missed all six of his shots. Edgecombe had 30 points in the Game 2 victory, but he has made just 13 of his 42 field goals in the other three games, including going 0 for 16 on 3âs.
Tyrese Maxey, who led the 76ers and ranked fifth in the league in scoring in the regular season with 28.3 points per game, had 22 points, but he only had three field goals in the first half. At halftime, teammate Paul George (16 points) told Maxey to get more involved in the offense, which he did in the second half, but it was too late as the Celtics were already well on their way to victory.
âThat canât happen,â Maxey said of shooting three times in the first half. âThatâs on me. That absolutely canât happen. Thatâs unacceptable by me. I was playing within the flow of the game. It kind of happened that way. It wasnât Nick (Nurse)âŠWe canât win basketball games with that happening.â
With Game 5 Tuesday night in Boston, the 76ers now face a difficult task. Of the 298 teams that have trailed three games to one in an NBA best-of-seven playoff series, only 13 (4.4%) have won the series. The 2020 Denver Nuggets were the last team to achieve that feat, coming back from deficits in the Western Conference first round and semifinals. The 76ers have never won a series after losing three of the first four games in a series.
Several times in the final minutes Sunday night as thousands of Philadelphia fans left early, the Celtics fans stayed around and chanted âWe Want Boston!,â mocking the 76ers supporters who screamed the same mantra after Philadelphia defeated the Orlando Magic in the play-in game earlier this month. It was another lowlight for a 76ers franchise that hasnât defeated the Celtics in the playoffs since 1982 and hasnât made the Eastern Conference finals in 25 years. Still, Nurse insisted all hope was not lost.
âListen, our kind of MO all year is to have a lot of things thrown at us and pick ourselves up and fight back,â Nurse said. âWe just have to do it again.â
This article was originally published on Forbes.com