Although the Raptors stole two wins after 3:0, the 76ers still won the series and advanced to the next round of the playoffs. However, the 76ers still have some time to delay, if they win the Raptors 4:0 early, it will help Embiid win more rest time, but now the opponent of the next round of opponents Heat 4:1 early to win the Eagles to wait, so even if they successfully advance to the second round, the 76ers do not have much ceremony to celebrate the victory, after all, this season their goal is the championship, which also makes the 76ers dare not have the slightest relaxation.
It wasn't just after the game interview that Rivers was asked what was going to challenge the Heat next, and Rivers said: "We're going to face an adult team and we're looking forward to this challenge. Today I watched 2 hours of Heat footage to prepare for this series. I've never done that before, but I know that if we win this game, the first game with the Heat will soon begin. "I have to praise Rivers for being really dedicated, after all, the next round against the Heat is not easy, people are the first team in the East in the regular season, and the Heat have always been known for strict military discipline, if you want to defeat the Heat, Rivers has to do his homework in advance."
Embiid was also asked about the next round against the Heat after the raptors, Embiid said: "I think this series with the Raptors can prepare us for the Heat, because the Raptors and the Heat system is very similar, these two teams can change defense indefinitely on the defensive end, they have big men who can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, so this series with the Raptors is very beneficial to us." But we know what we can do, and we need to do what we can control, and that's to play hard, both offensively and defensively. "You can see Embiid use the Raptors analogy with the Heat, if you look at it from the height of the arm span, the Heat do not have the advantage of the Raptors, but the Heat's small man has better movement and outside projection, and the 76ers first have to solve the alignment problem.
The current Heat have Butler at their core, averaging 30.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.8 steals in 37 minutes per game in the first round of the series against the Hawks, while only 1.3 turnovers, shooting 54.3% from the field and 43.8% from three-point range, which is quite explosive. In addition, the Other Man of the Heat, Oladipo, can not be ignored, he has become the second core of Spaller's hands, averaging 13 shots per game after Butler; then there is the once sensational league shooter Giro, although his three-point shooting rate against the Hawks is only a pitiful 18%, but still can not ignore his shooting threat on the outside; then there is the humble Strus, who has played brilliantly this season, whether it is the regular season or the playoffs; and finally Adebayo. A bigger inside with more impact. Not to mention that the Heat have more bench players available than the 76ers.
In short, the 76ers want to win the Heat is not easy, the first game can be used as an experiment, according to the situation of the game after the targeted adjustment, if there is no accident the two sides at least 6 games to divide the winner and loser.