On May 2, 2022, Beijing time, the Heat and Philadelphia's Eastern Conference semifinals match came out with two injury news, namely Philadelphia core Embiid and Heat outside veteran Kyle Lowry! On the Philadelphia side, the core of the team, Joel Embiid, was previously struck by a fractured right eye socket and a minor concussion, leaving his return date undecided!
Recently, according to The Famous Woj, a number of sources revealed that Embiid will not travel to Miami with the team and will miss the first two games of the series against the Heat. And several sources said that it is optimistic that Embiid is expected to make a comeback in the third or fourth game of the series as soon as possible! He needs to go through the Alliance Concussion Agreement and seek medical attention to an orbital fracture injury in midweek!
It can be said that for Philadelphia, originally they were the most dependent on Embiid's offense in this season's game, in the first round of the playoffs this season, Embiid was able to average 26.2 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, which is the team's most stable offensive point, in the case of the team's core Harden offensive desire is not as strong as before, Embiid is the team's sharpest scoring arrow, less of such an offensive point, the impact on Philadelphia is too great!
It should be known that Philadelphia are facing the Heat in the East in this series, and if the team can't face the opponent with full force, it is really difficult for them to threaten the opponent. In the playoffs, Butler played this very well, and without Embiid, it would be difficult to limit Butler's attack on the inside!
So for Philadelphia, they still need to face a lot of problems, in the absence of Embiid, Harden needs to play the rocket period of offensive state, the team can have a chance to break through the Heat!