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The French audience jeered him. He was labeled “out of shape” by Charles Barkley. Joel Embiid found inspiration in it.

In Tuesday’s quarterfinal contest between Team USA and Brazil, Embiid got off to a fast start. The Americans led 63-36 at the half after he scored 14 points and pulled down seven rebounds. They ended the first half on a 15-0 run.

Embiid has been the target of constant jeers from French spectators at the Olympics in Paris, angered by his choice to play for Team USA rather than the nation that granted him naturalization two years prior. Embiid’s performance takes place in Philadelphia, which is known as the epicenter of heckling in the world.

When an athlete performs frequently in the City of Brotherly Love, jeers that don’t coincide with batteries being hurled

He was jeered by the French crowd. Out of shape, as Charles Barkley put it. It served as inspiration for Joel Embiid.

Embiid got off to a fast start in Tuesday’s quarterfinal contest between Team USA and Brazil. The Americans led 63-36 at halftime because to his 14 points and seven rebounds, and they finished the first half on a 15-0 run.

Outraged by Embiid’s choice to play for Team USA rather than the nation that granted him naturalized citizenship two years prior, French fans have jeered him mercilessly during the Olympics in Paris. But Embiid performs in Philadelphia, the epicenter of heckling in the US, if not the entire globe.

When an athlete plays in the City of Brotherly Love on a regular basis, jeers that don’t coincide with batteries being hurled