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

While Joel Embiid exclaimed ‘Africans don’t feel pain,’ he belabored his thumb injury in Saturday's loss to the Raptors and could continue to do so for the rest of the postseason.

Sixers center Joel Embiid loses the basketball driving to the basket against Toronto Raptors forward Thaddeus Young, forward OG Anunoby and forward Pascal Siakam late in the second quarter during Game 4 of the first-round Eastern Conference playoffs on Saturday.
Sixers center Joel Embiid loses the basketball driving to the basket against Toronto Raptors forward Thaddeus Young, forward OG Anunoby and forward Pascal Siakam late in the second quarter during Game 4 of the first-round Eastern Conference playoffs on Saturday.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer