Today, this season's NBA semifinals officially kicked off, with the Golden State Warriors playing against the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Division and the Milwaukee Bucks playing the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Division.
As for the Philadelphia 76ers' meeting with the Miami Heat, it will be played tomorrow, and the 76ers players will travel to Miami's away game today to prepare. But embiid was invisible in the 76ers' ranks because he was injured.
In the series against the Toronto Raptors, Embiid performed well and was one of the biggest contributors to the team's promotion. But in the final game, Embiid was elbowed to the right eye socket by Raptors forward Siakam. Embiid still felt that the injury was not serious, but after the game, it was found that the right eye socket was fractured.
In addition to the fracture, Embiid also developed a mild concussion. It has to be said that Embiid's injury is a bit heavy, and the 76ers have listed it as an "injury stop" state. Without travelling with the team to Miami, Embiid is expected to miss the first two games of the next series.
It's really bad news for the 76ers because Embiid is so important. In the first round of the series, Embiid and Harden teamed up to make the 76ers' net efficiency value positive. But when Harden himself leads the team, this net efficiency value becomes negative.
Embiid is competing for regular season MVP this season, and his individual performance is outstanding. According to statistics, Embiid was caught in the first round of the series 85 times, the most in the league. The day before yesterday, the Heat's interior lineman Adebayo said in an interview that Embiid is very strong and they will definitely wrap up the defense.
Now embiid can't play, the Heat's defense is so strong, maybe Harden will lead the team to swallow two consecutive losses in Miami.