On May 3, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued to unfold, and the semifinals between the 76ers and the Heat will also be played, and in the first game, both teams have been affected by injuries, and one of the cores has missed the game. Among them, the 76ers are the most troublesome, and embiid, the core of the team's interior line, will not have the opportunity to play.
Embiid suffered a fractured right eye socket and a mild concussion in his G6 match against the Raptors and will miss today's game. Embiid is currently unable to treat the facial injury and needs to wait to lift the concussion protection agreement. For this situation, the 76ers are also in trouble, originally they were not optimistic in the series, and now there is less Embiid, and the outside world is also unanimously optimistic that the Heat can advance to the next round.
In six games in the first round, Embiid averaged 26.2 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, shooting 52 percent from the field. It can be seen from the data that Embiid is important to the team, without him, the team's internal line will be in a passive state, unable to give the opponent a sufficient deterrent. In response, coach Rivers also said: "Without our big man, the game will be difficult to play, but we are ready. "Without Embiid, the team also needs other players to stand up, especially James Harden, who has become a player who is now in the spotlight.
Can Harden become a Rocket Again? The outside world agrees that only if Harden becomes like this, the 76ers will have a chance to win the game. Harden responded: "I can go and score about 30 points, but we may also lose, but with 19 points, we may win the game, I will just win the game at all costs." 」 ”
The outside world is looking forward to Harden's outbreak today, just to see if he can show his ability, in addition to scoring, he also needs to be organizationally the same as ever.
The Heat also have trouble on the side, and lowry will also miss today's game, but Butler can play in the game, and both of them are missing G5 with the Hawks. Compared to the 76ers, Lowry's absence has not had such a big impact on the Heat, their lineup depth is better, and Hiro and Vincent can top it. Regarding injuries, Heat coach Spoo also said: "I think it will be a changeable series because there may be a lot of changes in whether players can play during this series. ”