On April 19, Beijing time, the 76ers won 112-97 in the second game of the first round series against the Raptors. Throughout the game, Joel Embiid played 37 minutes on 9-of-16 shooting for 31 points and 11 rebounds.
In this game, though, Embiid was able to get 14 free throws and 12 free throws.
The number of times Joel Embiid has stood on the free throw line was originally a controversial topic, and before the second game of the Raptors series, Raptors coach Nick Nas once again complained about the free throw opportunities embiid could get on the court:
"I hope they have the guts to stop doing this in this game," Nas accused the referee of the sentencing scale.
And after the 76ers took the Raptors again, Joel Embiid also responded to Raptors coach Nick Nas's complaint about the scale of the blow in a post-game interview:
"I just respectfully told him to stop complaining about blowing penalties," Embiid revealed what he said to Nick Nas at the end of the second game.
However, some fans disagreed with Embiid's remarks, and said that Embiid's remarks were somewhat ironic, because Embiid had complained almost all his career:
"But Embiid has been complaining about blow-offs all his career, which is ironic."
In fact, other coaches in the league are not a new topic about James Harden and Joel Embiid getting too many free throw opportunities in the game, and many opponent managers have complained during the regular season, but some fans said that this also shows that Embiid and Harden's dominance in the game has led to opponents having to rely on fouls to limit the play of the two. Of course, Embiid and Harden are smarter at using rules to create fouls.