Sixers-Raptors: Kawhi Leonard too much, Joel Embiid too sick, Kyle Lowry keeps complaining

After an impressive win on Thursday night, the Sixers couldn’t quite contain Kawhi Leonard.

The Raptors star scored 39 points en route to Toronto’s 101-96 win in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The series is tied up, 2-2, as it heads back to Canada.

Here’s what you may have missed:

There was wild traffic getting to the Wells Fargo Center -- a rainy Broad Street Run combined with a 2:05 start for the Phillies across the street made led to plenty of road closures and jams.

But of course Sixers fans wouldn’t miss a minute of this game.

Also in attendance? Ex-Eagle Terrell Owens, who was inducted in to the Pro Football Hall of Fame last summer. He was greeted with a warm cheer.

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Prior to the game, Shane Victorino and Charlie Manuel joined the party to ring the bell.

Perhaps they were both in town to celebrate fellow 2008 World Series champ Jimmy Rollins, who officially retired as a Phillie during a ceremony at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday night.

Early on, Joel Embiid showed his might with this impressive two-hand slam over two Raptors players.

Unfortunately for him, it was one of the only highlights for Embiid on Sunday. Coach Brett Brown said during an in-game interview that Embiid was battling an illness, and at times, it was obvious on the court. See this alternate angle of the above play here.

Embiid finished with 11 points on 2-7 shooting, and added eight rebounds and seven assists. He had a +17 -- the best of anyone in the game.

Former Cardinal Dougherty and Villanova star Kyle Lowry caught the ire of a number of Sixers fans, online and at the arena.

The 33-year-old mixed it up with about the last guy you would choose -- Alan Horowitz, who is best known for waving a Sixers banner courtside and who went viral when he was caught on TV during Game 2 in Toronto last Monday.

Read all about the superfan here.

However, Lowry wasn’t going to scare Horowitz away.

Late in the first half, Embiid helped key a crucial sequence with under three minutes to play.

And it came at the expense of the Raptors’ Serge Ibaka. (Yes, that is Embiid’s father in attendance.)

That set up momentum for Jimmy Butler to drain this crucial three pointer that brought the Sixers to within two entering halftime. A good look for Philly, which was down by 11 at the most at one point during the first half.

Butler and Lowry got mixed up after the play, and Butler drew a foul. But on the inbounds pass, Lowry drew Boban Marjanovic.

The contrast between 6-0 Lowry and 7-1 Marjanovic was not lost on television viewers.

In the second half, Lowry got caught on camera hitting himself in the face and then arguing that the referees missed a foul. Did he want a foul called on himself?

Early in the fourth quarter, Butler came alive once more.

He finished with a team-high 29 points on 9-18 shooting and went 3-for-7 on three pointers.

Much better than James Ennis, who went just 3-for-8 from behind the arc.

JJ Redick sunk his sixth three-pointer of the game with under two minutes left to put the Sixers within 1.

That was the closest the Sixers would get for the rest of the game. With 1:01 left, Kawhi Leonard sunk a 26-foot jumpshot to put the Raptors up four, and it was clear the Sixers would have to wait until Tuesday to get back at him.

Game 5 will be on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Toronto. Sunday’s loss guarantees the series will go until at least Game 6 on Thursday in Philadelphia.

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