The 76ers beat the Hornets by 30 points, ending a three-game losing streak, Embiid and Harden opened the third quarter, and the win seemed to come easily, but Embiid's three-quarter punch card was really unexpected, after all, he scored 29 points in this game, did not break his average score, and the distance from James is getting bigger and bigger, from these it can be seen that Embiid has slowly given up the competition for this season's scoring king. Rivers also spoke about Embiid and Harden after the game. He also gave why Embiid did not get more points, and also praised Harden's ability on the court.
Coach Rivers of the 76ers said: "This game win came easily, it was the result of the team's hard work, for Embiid, I very much hope he gets 50 points and then gets the scoring king, but Embiid will only say, let everything go naturally, this is a way for him to win the honor, as a head coach, I think Embiid answered very cool, which shows his quality as a player, I think Embiid deserves to be MVP this season, he did not drag the game to the last moment for the sake of data, which is worth learning.
Old Rivers is really dare to say, he praised Embiid absolutely no problem, but just the last sentence for the big data to drag the game to the end, obviously a bit of allusion to James's meaning, James scored high this season, and the Lakers have lost one after another, James more points from the third quarter, to the critical moment he did not support the team's victory, Although he averaged 30.3 points per game, the top scorer in the league, the Lakers were in danger in the playoffs, which made James's data only stay in the data itself, which had no effect on the team's victory.
Embiid currently averages 30 points per game, the gap with James has reached 0.3 points, embiid has averaged 31.5 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks in the last 6 games, and the 76ers have a 3-3 record, which is much better than James's high score without winning. As one fan put it, people who really love basketball are all about winning or losing, doing their best at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, just like Durant, he doesn't deliberately pursue data, and data can only be used as a support to achieve this goal, and it is clear that the NBA has been biased.
Compared to Embiid's 29 points, three quarters of clock-outs, Harden only shot 10 times in this game, with 12 points, 13 assists and 8 rebounds of quasi-triple-double data, the score is still as good as ever, but Rivers when talking about Harden's score, he said that he likes harden playing on the court and driving the overall team to attack, Harden as a two-time league scorer, he can get higher points at any time, but he knows that other teammates are in good shape, so he will choose to let teammates score, 13 assists is a good explanation for that. He won't be as eye-catching as he was in the Rockets because he has Embiid by his side, and the team used to be slow on offense, which is exactly how Harden is adapting to playing with Embiid.
Rivers said harden was a hit-and-shoot, and Harden expressed his problems after the game, he thinks he really needs to play more aggressively in some games, but when you want to attack and see that Maxi, Embiid, Harris have better offensive opportunities, he thinks of creating scoring opportunities for teammates, he just wants to make the choice he thinks is right.
In fact, whether it is Embiid's scoring king, MVP problem, or Harden's rhythm problem, it will more or less affect the 76ers, and they must make corresponding sacrifices and changes if they want to win the championship. Embiid's abandonment of the scoring champion is a good start, lowering the numbers to ensure his own health, Harden scoring down, ensuring the team's offensive fluency, and maybe this is the best championship form Rivers wants in the end.