The 76ers led the Raptors 3-1, and the next G5 will return to Philadelphia to start, and the team's promotion situation is optimistic, and it is expected to witness the joy of winning with fans at home. Unfortunately, Embiid's injury may become a major obstacle for the 76ers to go further in the playoffs and even impact the championship!
After playing G4 with injuries, Embiid underwent an MRI examination, and according to 76ers coach Rivers, who just revealed in an interview, Embiid's inspection report has been released, he suffered a torn thumb ligament, but there will be no change in his appearance and treatment.
In a subsequent follow-up report, The Famous Woj revealed that Embiid needed surgery to solve the problem of tearing the ligament of the right thumb, but the operation will wait until the end of the 76ers' season.
Embiid's injury required surgery, but in order to help the team go further, he refused to perform surgery at this time because it meant he would be reimbursed for the season, and the team worked hard for a season to fall short. He will continue to play with injuries so that he can better help the team.
It can be said that the current team, with Embiid and no Embiid, is judged by two teams. As long as Embiid remains healthy, judging by the performance of the teams in the first round, they are not without a chance to win the title. But the big question now is whether Embiid can maintain an efficient performance by holding on to the pain of a torn thumb ligament.
In the fourth game, it can be clearly felt that Embiid's attack is a bit difficult, the feel is also very cold, the opening 5 shots 0, it is his thumb pain affects the feel of the embodiment.
Although Embiid insisted on fighting with injuries, it would undoubtedly make their road to the championship face greater obstacles and challenges. Especially when he is likely to face the opponent's more ferocious defense on the field, or even intentionally or unintentionally foul his injury position, Embiid will be at risk of the injury continuing to worsen. And he will also avoid exposing the injured position to the opponent, and will play more restrained at both ends of the attack and defense, thus affecting the play of both ends of the attack and defense.
That's the impact embiid's injury and the possible impact of fighting with it. And when Embiid couldn't play a healthy performance, the 76ers wanted to win the championship, and the hope was even slimmer. Unless, Harden can step up in time to play the peak state again.
In the past few games, Harden has almost completely transformed, no longer playing the role of the team's top scorer, or even becoming the team's third offensive point. He has focused more on organisation and defence, bringing more diverse help to the team. Of course, this transformation actually has a lot to do with the decline in Harden's offensive state, and many shots and breakthrough baskets that have been grasped very high in the past have weakened a lot, and even caused a lot of questions.
So far in the playoffs, Harden has averaged 19.2 points, 5.5 rebounds, 9.8 assists, 1.25 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, scoring a new low in his Rockets career so far, shooting 37.5% from the field to a new career playoff low, but the average assists and blocks per game are new highs in the playoffs!
So, harden needs to re-emerge on the offensive end, not just to prove that he has not fallen sharply in form as the outside world has seen. More importantly, in the case of Embiid fighting with injuries, he has to share more of embiid's pressure on the offensive end to ensure that Embiid does not aggravate the injury because the offensive pressure is too heavy, and ultimately affect the team's prospects for the championship.