On May 3, Beijing time, the 76ers lost to the Heat 92-106 on the road, and the 76ers without Embiid were simply a mess, and the gap between the inside line was too large for the 76ers to directly have no room to counterattack in the second half.
In the opening game, Rivers sacrificed Jordan Jr.'s starting center lineup, but unfortunately, Jordan Jr.'s 76ers interior situation was in a mess, and the old Rivers had no choice but to let Jordan Jr. play about 4 minutes in the first half. In the opening game, the Heat have been leading the 76ers by more than 10 points, but the 76ers have not given up the chase, hardened in the second quarter, Harris also stormed the inside, and Maxi also took out the performance he should have, completing a 1-point counterattack.
It can be seen that the small lineup of the 76ers in the late second quarter of the game obviously worked, but Rivers did not follow this lineup, in the later game, the 76ers replaced Jordan Jr. because of the rebounding problem, but the clear-eyed people can see that the state after the debut of Jordan Jr. is not good enough, and once Jordan Jr. is on the floor, the 76ers enter the mode of crazy points, and the 76ers are in a scoring state, but in order to rebound Rivers still chooses to let Jordan Jr. stay on the court, which has also become an important reason for the 76ers to lose points.
The other 76ers' three-pointers were miserable, with the sparse three-point shooting rate shattering the 76ers' winning dreams, the outside three-pointers without shooting, and the 6-of-34 three-pointers defeated the 76ers. The interior line lacks a home star like Embiid, and the 76ers' state of affairs has taken a sharp turn for the worse, with no resistance to the Heat's offense.
Harden could not move the 76ers at all, and after seeing no hope of winning, the 76ers also replaced the main lineup early, and Harden, Maxi and other players were also watching off the court. In this campaign, Harden played 34 minutes, only had 16 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, made 5 turnovers, shot 5 of 13, 2 of 7 from three-pointers, and 4 of 4 from the free throw line. Harden didn't score a single point in the last quarter, and now maybe we can understand that the 76ers are Embiid' team.
Do you think the 76ers can still hold out until Embiid returns?
(Text/Ball-Carrying Attacker)