Charles Oakley vowed that Joel Embiid's Game 3 antics would've ended differently if his New York Knicks were involved.
That's what the man himself, New York Knicks legend Charles Oakley, claims after he took in his successors' NBA playoff tilt on Thursday night. The Knicks' Eastern Conference Quarterfinal showdown with the Philadelphia 76ers was defined by controversy and heroics from Embiid, who scored 50 points in the 125-114 win but was at the center of a controversial takedown of Mitchell Robinson, who left the game with a flare-up of an injured ankle after the encounter.
Oakley's face would undoubtedly sit on the Mount Rushmore of 1990s hardwood physicality. The lauded rebounder and defensive force also knows a thing or two about swatting the Sixers, as he was part of the Knicks' famous sweep from the 1989 postseason's opening round, one that helped fuel a lasting rivalry with Philadelphia legend Charles Barkley. Oakley spent 10 years with the Knicks and also partook in their famed NBA Finals run from 1994.
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