On April 26, Beijing time, the league playoffs continued, but Brooklyn Nets coach Nash said that ben Simmons was never expected to return in the first round to help Durant and Irving against the Celtics. On the other hand, the Philadelphia 76ers are the first round of G5 and then profitable, the star Embiid announced the latest decision, refused to operate to avoid season reimbursement, bearded Harden chose to leave the Nets to join the Philadelphia 76ers may be the right choice.
According to the latest media reports, at 8:00 this morning, the Philadelphia 76ers will welcome a lineup with Harden and head coach Dogreaves to play against the Toronto Raptors led by Siakam and coach Nas, if the Philadelphia 76ers win this battle will directly advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals, if the Raptors lose in this game, they will be eliminated. What is more eye-catching is that Ben Simmons has now told the Management of the Nets that he has a recurrence of back pain and refused to play in today's extremely crucial game against the Celtics, but Philadelphia's 76ers star Embiid announced the latest decision in an interview, refusing to directly admit to coming back like Simmons.
Joel Embiid, as the 76ers' main core core center, said in an interview with the media that he still wants to continue to play, and will not immediately perform the necessary surgery on the injured finger, even if necessary, it will wait until the end of this season, Embiid also said that he was sick in the first two games, but no one knew that he had defeated him, this is the NBA playoffs, nothing can stop me from moving forward. Embiid played in 68 games in the regular season of 2021/22, averaging 30.6 points, 11.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game.
It should be noted that Embiid's refusal to operate early at this critical time to avoid season reimbursement is not only good news for the 76ers, but also boosts the morale of the team. First, the Philadelphia 76ers have Embiid's lineup in the inner line and defense, which can give enough help to teammates Such as Maxi and Denigg, and the second is that there is Embiid sitting on the field, Siakam does not dare to mess around, and bearded Harden also has people to share the pressure, which can restrain the opponent to let the latter organize the offense, thus helping the Philadelphia 76ers to improve the probability of victory.
Now that the Philadelphia 76ers and Raptors' playoff battle has also come to G5, it can be said that the digital team has received another positive news, as the NBA's first center Embiid announced this new decision, but also worthy of his two-year annual salary of $65.2 million, choosing to insist on playing in the back games with injured fingers, the goal is also very clear, to win the series victory impact the NBA championship, but also does not want to be like Ben Simmons by the Nets high hopes but refuse to come back, And Harden left the Nets to join the 76ers is also a big profit.