The Lakers' record this season has left James with no hope of competing for the title. So Zhan Huang's goal this season has also changed to win the scoring champion, setting a record for the youngest leading scorer in the league. As a record reaper, he is very dedicated to data and honors.
So this season we can often see that against weak teams or garbage time, he will take the initiative to apply to play. Continuing to score points, which also led to his sudden collapse in this year's wind review, the Lakers home fans have begun to boo him, and a large number of fans and reporters are incomprehensible to the scoring behavior.
But Embiid also turned on the scoring mode against the Pacers in this game, 18 of 30 in the game, and he easily cut down 45 points and 13 rebounds. It seems that he is ready to win the MVP and scoring championships. Embiid averaged 30.4 points per game after this game, once again surpassing James. This made Zhan Huang feel quite a bit of pressure, after all, in the last few games against the strong teams, he chose a truce, that is, he was afraid of being crushed and could not brush 30 points.
He was absent from both the Nuggets and the Lone Rangers, and now he has announced that he will continue to miss games against the Suns. Today's Suns are very strong, and their terrifying defensive and athletic abilities are bound to make it difficult for Zhan Huang to score 30+ points. So he's pretty smart about choosing to stay on the sidelines for this game and avoid a drop in his points per game. In the end, he scored 40 points against the Thunder and had a chance to continue to overtake Embiid.
But Zhan Huang businessman basketball model is also where he is criticized, paying too much attention to his own data and honors, making him seem not so pure.