The 76ers' game against the Nuggets is naturally focused on the alignment of Embiid and Mr. Yo. The two are both direct contenders for MVP and two of the best centers in the league today. This time Embiid won the data, but Mr. Jo showed a stronger influence and led the team to win the game.
With a maximum lead of 19 points in case of being overturned, Rivers was once again pulled out and "whipped"! But objectively speaking, some of the problems currently exposed by the 76ers are not solved by the old people!
During the game, the 76ers posted a video of Embiid singles about his teacher; with the caption "Simple Math, 21 (Embiid number) > 15 (Jokic number). "If you only look at the data, there is nothing wrong with the 76ers official's deduction; but if you look at the overall performance, it is not the same thing."
Embiid is a low-level killer with a comprehensive offensive approach and a strong ability to create fouls. Teacher Joe's ability to create kills and athletic abilities are not as good as Embiid's, but Teacher Yo's skills are more comprehensive than Embiid's. The difference in technical characteristics determines that Embiid's way of driving the team at the offensive end is mainly to pull away singles; and Mr. Yo can not only single himself, he is better at using the pass to drive his teammates.
It is precisely because Embiid has a mediocre ability to dominate the ball that the previous 76ers have actually been building a team with Simmons as the core (otherwise they would not have given up on Butler). And after Simmons completely picked the pick, they studed Harden, a big ball-holding core. When the league's best two foul-making experts played on one team, the 76ers' free throw count per game was indeed impressive. However, Harden and Embiid have more free throws, which still can't hide the problem that the 76ers' offensive means are too single; this team's offense is only Embiid, Harden, Maxi, Harris singles, and Harden or Embiid playing to remove and attract pinch attacks, creating open opportunities for teammates.
The offensive means are decided by a single decision, whether it is Embiid or Harden, they need teammates to help them open up space. But the problem is that the 76ers lack a stable pitcher after sending Curry Jr. Especially on the bench, when Niang missed the accuracy, the team's bench firepower was completely out of sight. In this game, the 76ers' bench took a total of 14 points, while the Nuggets' bench scored a total of 48 points, it can be said that in this game, the 76ers lost to the play of the substitute players.
And the way the game is lost is likely to be a microcosm of the rest of the 76ers' game this season. Although the 76ers' starting lineup also has a lack of forward height and is not up to the shortcomings of the large front, Maxi Harden-Sable-Harris Embiid is indeed the best 5 players on this team. However, even the 5 players of the 76ers' best players have not fully formed a synergy; judging from harden's performance after coming to the 76ers, Harden can play with Maxi and Embiid, but there is no chemistry between Harris and Harden. Harris is also one of the three top-paid players of the 76ers, and he is completely free from the 76ers' system of rebuilding around Harden Embiid, which seriously affects the team's combat effectiveness.
In the main lineup, Harris's offensive firepower has not been well demonstrated after the arrival of Harden, which is a loss for the 76ers' combat effectiveness itself; and the bigger problem is that the 76ers' bench not only does not have a bench bandit who is good at cutting points, but their 6th man Tielin's state has dropped sharply, the 8th man, the 9th man, and even to the level of Milton and Jordan Jr., their bench is difficult to bring too much support to the main force.
The depth of the lineup is thin, which determines that when it comes to the playoffs, other teams can still take 8 to 9 people rotation in key games, and the 76ers may have to rotate 7 or even 6 people, and their upper limit will be more dependent on the core lineup. However, Harden almost every year in the playoffs to the key moments, will play a special crotch performance; and Embiid, Harris also has a playoff crotch pull tradition, they have never proved themselves in the big scene.
When the best three players in a team are easy to pull their crotches as soon as they arrive at the big scene, they can't play the key ball, and the only player in the whole team is a player who has proved in the big scene in the past; this team that says "for the championship" does not have the hard power to compete for the championship in the real sense. The core players can't play the key ball and the depth of the lineup is seriously insufficient, which is the two major X factors that restrict the 76ers from competing for the championship!