On April 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and Philadelphia defeated the Hornets 144-114. In this game, Philadelphia exploded for 86 points in the second half, scored more than 100 points in the third quarter, and the whole team sent 38 assists, and finally won by 30 points, sweeping away the decline of the previous three consecutive losses.
So why did Philadelphia play so well on this game? The most important reason is that embiid and Harden have changed, both of which have significantly reduced unreasonable singles, restarted a large number of blocking and dismantling cooperation, and paid great attention to the connection with their teammates, which is why Philadelphia can blossom more and 7 people score in double figures.
In this game, Harden only shot 10 times, but gave 13 assists, re-entering the organizational mode. And it turns out that in the case of Harden's hamstring injury and a significant decline in singles ability, it is the most correct way to let him reduce singles and organize more tandems.
Of course, the most important reason why Philadelphia can make a major change in this game is that Embiid adjusted his mentality in time. In the previous few games, perhaps because of the eagerness to get the MVP, Embiid's singles are too many, although the data is very good, but in fact, his style of play has made it difficult for his teammates to participate in the attack and become a spectator.
In this game, it seems that Embiid only shot 16 times, and only 6 free throws. However, due to his large number of participation in blocking and dismantling offenses, the difficulty of shooting was lower than when he was singles before, and he still got 29 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists on 12-of-16 shooting, and the data was still excellent.
At the end of the game, Embiid also admitted that he liked the way Philadelphia played the ball in this game, by transferring the ball to find teammates in the empty position, and then shooting and shooting. It's also the most correct way for Philadelphia to win, and if they can keep going, the Chinese side can go further in the playoffs.