LOS ANGELES — Things move fast in the NBA playoffs, so to help you stay on top of things, from now through at least the end of the second round, we will have nightly takeaways from the postseason action.

Joel Embiid has legendary playoff game, becomes public enemy No. 1 in New York

This was the Joel Embiid the 76ers needed. This was the Joel Embiid we had been waiting for.

Embiid’s jumper was working Thursday night and he dropped 50 on the Knicks, carrying Philadelphia to a much-needed win and making this a 2-1 series (with Game 4 Sunday, so he gets an extra day off in between). Embiid did all that while playing through a mild case of Bell’s Palsy the player admitted after the win.

While Philly worked to establish him in the post early, Embiid is not getting his points in the paint — just six of the 50 — and is relying on his much-improved midrange shot, plus he was 5-of-7 from 3. Most importantly, he was aggressive and attacking, getting the whistle, and was 19-of-21 from the free throw line. All that plus he was a force as a rim-protecting big.

This was the Embiid the 76ers needed to be competitive in this series.

• But Embiid should not have been around for what became his signature game — he should have been ejected in the first quarter for this play, where on the ground he grabbled Mitchel Robinson’s legs and brought the Knicks big man