Without Leonard, who used to lead the team to grab the seven finals, and without those familiar champions, the Raptors still dragged the series to Game 6 after falling behind 3-0 in the big score. But unfortunately, the Toronto Raptors were unable to reproduce the glory of the championship period and ended the season early. History is always strikingly similar, Embiid was at home for the Raptors, leaving sad tears, reluctantly entering the offseason, and now the situation between the two sides has reversed, Embiid has been given the opportunity to impact the championship, and the Raptors can only withdraw.
As the first team to take a 3-0 lead, the Philadelphia 76ers have been drained of a lot of energy, but we have to admit that they have brought us too many incredible performances during this period. The first to bear the brunt of this are Maxi, who plays the scorer, Harris, who refuses to pull, and Embiid, who has always maintained a very high level of competition. Indeed, in the first round of the playoff series, Maxi was arguably one of the Philadelphia 76ers' strongest attackers. Nas set the main defensive points on Embiid and Harden, but never expected That Maxi to step forward and relieve the pressure on the team's division.
In the first game of the playoffs, Maxi ushered in an outbreak, handing over the highest score of 38 points in the game, leading the team to complete a 20-point victory, and once playing Embiid and Harden into supporting roles. In the next 5 games, although his data performance is not so amazing, in the first round of the series of 6 games, he still accumulated 128 points, giving 21.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game! There will always be a reward for the effort, and Maxi has also been favored by many teams while handing over a perfect report card in the series. According to previous reports, the Pistons and Knicks have offered them an offer contract worth $20 million in annual salaries.
Some people say that in the current state of Maxi, it is entirely possible to become the leader of a team. But if he refused to leave Philadelphia, Embiid was clearly an insurmountable mountain in front of him. That's right, Embiid is in his current year and has seen his performance in the last 6 games. When the team entered the jam on the scoring end, he could always stand up and constantly impact the opponent's penalty area and lead the team out of the predicament. Of course, in the process of encountering the Raptors forward players' bag, Embiid's shooting feel was once in the freezing point, but he can rely on excellent free throw scoring means to ensure the data output of his single-game score.
So, in the first round of the playoff series, Embiid did not disappoint, handing over an average of 26.2 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. After 6 games, Embiid has accumulated 157 points and is still the team's well-deserved leader. With Embiid and Maxi scoring at least 20 points per game, what about James Harden, who only joined the Philadelphia 76ers in the middle of the season? Reality is always so harsh and mixed with a little surprise. Since he chose to leave the Rockets, Harden seems to have lost the skill pack of the former regular season scoring king, and passively became a background wall to set off others.
Whether it was with the Nets last season or the Philadelphia 76ers, Harden played the role of starting point guard, no longer the player who scored like a melon cut. In the first round of the playoffs, Harden has accumulated 114 points, averaging 19 points, 5.0 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game. Some people may say that although Harden's output on the scoring end is only third in the team, his performance of averaging more than 10 assists per game is very rare. However, the truth is not so simple, Harden averaged 3.5 turnovers per game in the process of averaging 10.2 assists per game, ranking 10th in the league!
Moreover, the NBA league also released a more interesting statistic: Harden and Embiid played 199 minutes together in the first round of the series, during which the 76ers' defensive efficiency reached 104.7 (points lost per 100 rounds) and a net efficiency value of +14.2 (net winning points per 100 rounds). However, in the course of Harden's 44 points alone, the 76ers had a defensive efficiency of 127.1 and a net efficiency of -6.8. There is no harm without contrast, Harden is still the familiar Harden, Embiid wants to win the championship, or can not put too much hope in Harden's body.