Derek Bodner

Joel Embiid, on getting the rhythm back on his jumper:

"Probably overthinking it too much...You can see it, as soon as I made a 3, the next shot I had in the short corner on the right side I didn't even think about it, I just shot it and let it fly."

"It's gonna get there."

Joel Embiid on his relationship with Paul George:

"Off the court we have a special relationship. Families are close, especially our kids. I love him. That's why I'm extremely happy for him. He's healthy, he's playing well...You can kinda say he's been their best player."

Jaylen Brown, on whether tonight was an emotional night for him: "I didn't have any emotion. I was locked in. I was focused. I was ready to go. Foul trouble kinda took me out of my rhythm a little bit."

"We didn't execute as well as they did, and that was the story of the game."

They actually aggregated this obviously fanfic fake quote I'm dead.

And ... a flurry of Boston 3s to close the quarter has the Celtics back up 91-82 as we head to the 4th.

Tyrese Maxey has 24 on 8-11 shooting to lead the Sixers. Joel Embiid's up to 16 points and 5 rebounds, with LeBron James adding 11/6/4.

Jaylen Brown, who has been in a bit of foul trouble, has just 8 points in 19 minutes of play.