On May 3, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, the 76ers lost to the Heat 92-106 away, the big score was 0-1 behind, due to Embiid's injury absence, this game Jordan Jr. started, but his performance can really be said to be difficult to say.
In the whole game, Jordan Jr. played a total of 17 minutes and 17 seconds, shooting 2 of 2, only 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 blocks, and 2 turnovers and 2 fouls, his plus-minus was -22, in other words, in the 30 minutes that Jordan Jr. was not on the court, the 76ers actually beat the Heat by 8 points.
It is worth mentioning that throughout the first half, Jordan Jr. only played 4 minutes in the first quarter, during which the 76ers net negative heat 12 points, and in the nearly 20 minutes he was away, the 76ers actually beat the Heat by 13 points.
Going back to the first round, the series against the Raptors, Jordan Jr. only played in G3 for 0.8 seconds in total, and the other games were not played, and the data was naturally 0+0+0 - the last time Jordan Jr. played in the playoffs for more than 1 second was back in 2017, and in the Clippers' seven-game game against the Jazz, Jordan Jr. played 39.5 minutes and scored 24 points and 18 rebounds.
You can tell that Jordan Jr. is in a very bad state.
Take the regular season this season, since joining the 76ers, Jordan Jr. has only played 21 games for the 76ers off the bench, with a total playing time of 214 minutes, during which the 76ers' offensive and defensive efficiency was 109.7/117.4, and the net loss of opponents in 100 rounds was 7.7 points; when he was not on the court, the 76ers' offensive and defensive efficiency reached 117.8/111.9 points, and the net win per 100 rounds was 5.9 points.
Jordan Jr.'s shortcomings can be said to be very obvious, the offensive end, he can only rely on eating cake and secondary attack, there is no ability to attack or respond independently, the defensive end, Little Jordan's concentration is very bad, and with the increase of age, his athleticism has also declined very badly, and even grabbing a rebound and jumping is very difficult.
One interesting thing is that just today, when the 76ers announced that Jordan Jr. was going to start the second round, the following conversation occurred in TNT's live room .
Kenny Smith: I'm going to clockwork Twitter, Jordan Jr. actually started
Barkley: Is he still alive?
Barkley's words are a bit ugly, but it also shows that Jordan Jr. is really in a state that can't play in the playoffs, and even it's very difficult to mix in the regular season.
It can be said that the clear-eyed people know that Jordan Jr. is really not good, but Rivers still seems to believe him, and after this game, Rivers said: "We like him (Jordan Jr.), whether you like it or not, we will continue to let him start the game, because we like him, our players believe in him." 」 ”
Having said that, Rivers is more helpless - in addition to Jordan Jr., the 76ers have two internal options are Paul Reed and Millsap, but the performance of these two so far is also inexhaustible, the former shot 6 of 2 in this game, the basket can not be put in, the latter is also a cash machine, compared to these two, Jordan Jr. at least has height, and can also go down, this game he and Harden completed an empty connection.
It can only be said that the 76ers really need Embiid too much, and in the regular season, the 76ers should have a suitable substitute for Embiid, but they did not do so - Embiid confirmed that he would miss G2, and optimistically estimated that G3 and G4 would return, in case G3 and G4 could not come back, the 76ers would really be in danger in this series.
As for Jordan Jr., five years ago he was still an All-Star and a member of the All-Roc team, but five years later, Jordan Jr. is no longer the Little Jordan of the year, and the Nets, Lakers, and 76ers have proved this in the past two years. It's hard to say.