On March 29, Beijing time, in the past 5 years, there has been a saying in the NBA, "The most difficult thing in the league is Curry's three points, James's two points, harden's one point." Such rhetoric, though much weaker in power, still applies now. Recently, the US media made a statistic, the statistical results listed the average score of each star without calculating the free throw score, the result is that James is still at the top of the list, and it is surprising that Embiid, who ranks second in the average score per game, did not make it to the top ten.
In addition, Harden, who ranks 18th on the scoring list, also fell out of the top 20, which is enough to show that the free throws are very important for embiid and Harden's bonus, which also sets off the strong threat of the two on the offensive end. Just 3 days ago, in the Clippers and 76ers game, Embiid cut 27 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists, Harden cut 29 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists, the former won 8 free throws, hit 7 times, the latter got 11 free throws, all hits, the two together won 19 free throws, and the Clippers team only got 25 free throws in total.
In this regard, Clippers head coach Tyrone Lue was very dissatisfied, Lu coach said that Harden and Embiid made the game ugly, but as the 76ers' general manager Morey did not obviously like others to see the team that criticized him, he posted a tweet on social media in response to Lue's comments, and wrote: "Without free throws, the Clippers are the bottom team in the league." Although Director Lu is usually silent, he is actually a very tough person. For Morey's provocative remarks, Lu Zhizhi was not willing to show weakness, and finally replied to him.
But Lu directly skipped the topic of free throws this time, but instead poked at Morey's sore spot, he wrote: "Don't beep, shut up, you lost a billion dollars in the NBA last tweet." "I have to say that Director Lu is really a very reasonable person, the 76ers have won a lot of points by free throws this season, and it is not known that Morey is still here to open his eyes and talk nonsense, then I will not argue with you, directly to a hardcore topic, because until now, the 76ers game has not been replayed on many platforms.
Lu's comments are very sharp and tough, although only 25 words, but it can be said to be to the point, making Morey dumb, at present, the 76ers general manager does not dare to reply, because he knows that his remarks may increase the contradiction between the two sides, and even make the 76ers and the NBA suffer huge losses, but also may make themselves unemployed. Lu instructed this move so high that Morey stepped on his own "planted mines". Lu Guidance not only has high coaching ability, but also has the level of the grandmaster in the matter of quarrelling, and it is easy not to open his mouth, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he will make you dumbfounded. In fact, in that game, the 76ers only won 24 free throws, one less than the Clippers.