Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is a gold medalist. Because the beginning heart for Workforce USA, he helped the People earn a 98-87 win over France on Saturday afternoon for the crew’s fifth straight gold medal. Embiid solely had 4 factors, three rebounds, and two assists, however the large fella performed a task.

Embiid was in a position to make defensive stops on French famous person Victor Wembanyama with the gold medal on the road and made positive he was there to make large stops on the defensive finish. One has to provide credit score to Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis for the defensive performs he made–four blocks–but Embiid deserves a ton of credit score for his work on that finish of the ground towards each Wemby and Rudy Gobert.

Afterward, NBA Twitter gave its finest reactions to the chief of the Sixers successful his first gold medal and getting the job carried out for Workforce USA:

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