76ers difficult to eliminate the Raptors into the Eastern Conference semifinals, facing the team promotion, Rivers, Harden is not happy, Embiid was suddenly injured in the last game, so that the 76ers originally not rich rotation lineup, worse, more importantly, Embiid is the team's scoring king, he is absent, let the 76ers against the Heat, can only rely on Harden to lead the team alone, and Harden has not been the same, the offensive end of the decline is serious, so that the 76ers this round of the series is not optimistic about everyone again.
Embiid's game against the Raptors G6, after suffering a fracture of the right eye socket, affected the Philadelphia 76ers' next series, according to the NBA reporter, Embiid's injury this time and the 18-year injury are very similar, but this injury does not indicate that Embiid must undergo similar surgery, which is excellent news for Embiid and the 76ers, but Embiid will be reviewed after 5 days, so he will be absent for at least 5 days, and the 76ers' game with the Heat will start on May 3, That means Embiid missed the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals at least, and he will play with the same protective mask as he did in 18 years.
Embiid absent from the game, leaving the 76ers with only Harden an All-Star player, the outside world is not optimistic about the 76ers this round of the series, NBA star Arenas said: 76ers can only beat the Cavaliers and Raptors, in the second round, when Harden faces the bag defense and defense, the Heat can score on him, Harden under the Heat's strong defense, the average game has no hope of getting 30 +10 points, if the 76ers want to win the Heat, Harden scored at least 30-50 points, That can help the team break through this series, but there is no such scoring level now. So the 76ers had a hard time beating the Heat.
Another NBA star Jefferson said bluntly that Embiid is absent, Harden will suffer the same treatment as Trae Young, and the 76ers have no chance of winning. Barkley also believes that the 76ers cannot beat the Heat, and the reason given is also that Harden cannot provide a stable play for the team. Espnon's big data prediction shows that the Heat's promotion probability is 72%, while the 76ers are only 28%. Teacher Su Qun, a famous basketball commentator in China, believes that the Heat will defeat the 76ers 4-0.
Why the outside world is not optimistic about the 76ers to advance, the reason is two points, one is that Harden can not lead the team alone to win, according to statistics, in the playoffs, Harden and Embiid played nearly 200 minutes at the same time, during this time the 76ers' defensive efficiency was 104.7, and the net win efficiency was 14.2. In harden's 44-minute period, the 76ers' defensive efficiency was 127.1 and net efficiency was -6.8. From these data, it can be seen that the 76ers' dependence on Embiid is much higher than Harden, and Harden's personal ability to lead the team is now insufficient, against the Raptors, if Harden alone can still lead, then the Raptors will definitely be crushed, instead of playing two more games, there is no small lineup in the 76ers lineup, Harden leads the team with center Reed, which also leads harden to lead the net efficiency of the team to negative. Embiid was absent, and Harden was unable to fight with four hands with one punch.
Second: The Heat's regular season record is the first in the East, its strength can not be underestimated, they have strong players such as Butler, Adebayo, Oladipo, Lowry and Hiro, as well as defensive players like Tucker and Robinson, Strus, even if Lowry is injured, their book strength is above the 76ers.
Faced with the unpopularity, Harden personally responded, writing on his personal social media: Please respect my passion. It can be seen that Harden has made everything ready, is bound to have the strength to fight all the people who question them, hope that Harden can prove himself in this series, hope that Maxi, Harris, Green can help Harden more, and finally hope that Embiid will recover from his injury and return to the field as soon as possible.