THE MOST CAPTIVATING pregame show that doesn't star Stephen Curry can be found in Philadelphia.
In early March, about an hour before tipoff against the Miami Heat, Joel Embiid is working up a sweat with 76ers' strength and conditioning coach Todd Wright. Hundreds of Sixers fans stand in the lower bowl and gaze with their iPhones out filming the workout. Their 2014 draft pick is finally playing basketball again. And doing it brilliantly. This is the Philly fans' Bigfoot protruding from the woods.
Five makes in the paint standing on one foot, the same one that required surgery eight months ago.