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Keith Pompey

Keith Pompey: For Sixers to contend, Joel Embiid must dig deep and find a way to play through pain

TORONTO — Doc Rivers acknowledged the 76ers are concerned about Joel Embiid’s right thumb.

“But, you know, it is what it is,” the Sixers coach said before Saturday’s 110-102 Game 4 loss to the Toronto Raptors in an Eastern Conference first-rounder at Scotiabank Arena.

The good thing for the Sixers is that Embiid’s thumb can’t get worse, according to Rivers. The bad thing is the MVP finalist must play in a lot of pain and discomfort.

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