The Heat and the 76ers' G1 are a flower ball, and with 4 minutes left in the game, the 76ers side surrendered. But there is a saying that the 76ers are playing OK, they basically take out what they can come up with when there is no Embiid, and the problems that cannot be solved are basically related to the lack of Embiid. This could mean that after Embiid's return, there is still hope that this series will be saved.
Without Embiid, the 76ers' offensive burden needs to be shared by Harden, Maxi and Harris. Harden still hasn't come up with a prolific game, it's not going to be a big deal, this season is unlikely, his performance on the ball when he grabs the ball is still good, and the ball for Danny Green and Niang can be a little better - one more step forward, the vacancy created for teammates can be bigger - these two people are not as good as Maxi and Harris after all.
The 76ers' obvious advantage is Harris's height and Maxi's speed, especially Harris has the ability to brain jump shots and throw shots against most of the Heat players, this three-point line is 14 of 10, the 76ers attack the best player, his mid-range also has a certain value in breaking the Heat defense.
The 76ers also have two targeted methods, one is to find Hiro, whether it is Harden, Maxi or Harris to find, can play an advantage. The second is that Harden borrowed Adebayor to change the space behind the defense and pass some balls under the basket. The 76ers' ability to transfer the ball can see some effects when cracking the Heat joint defense and pinching, and when the three offensive strength points are there, the chance of grasping the heat's single defense weakness is not small (which also means that when the number of main attackers in the articulation section becomes smaller, the offensive constipation). If the 76ers had responded better with this three-point response, the game wouldn't have been spent.
The 76ers' uncomfortable place is that the center problem really can't be solved. Throughout the game, the 76ers were only able to catch their breath a little on the inside during certain periods when Adebayor wasn't on the floor — like with Dedmund, or without a center lineup. At certain times, you can also take advantage of the constipation space of Butler + Audi at the same time. Most of the time, no matter how the center is played, 76 people are not satisfied. Rivers spent 17 minutes with Jordan Jr., 13 minutes reed, 5 and a half miles millsap, and the rest of the time with no center lineup, but also tried a lot of joint defense. From the third quarter onwards, the game went from a balance of power to a crash, which was actually the process of exposing the center problem in various postures.
If you put Jordan Jr., the 76ers are basically in 4-on-5, you have no idea what the meaning of Little Jordan's existence is, the squat pit is punished, people can't protect rebounds under the basket, and the standing joint defense is useless. Rivers couldn't bear to take him down for a moment. But Reid or no center lineup is not good, and rebounds are ravaged by the Heat even harder. Millsap is also given for nothing. The joint defense will tear the gap because of the player's poor single defense ability, And Many points such as Maxi and Niang are too easy to get rid of, and even the joint defense cannot protect the rebound.
The 76ers were not blown up by the Heat's pass," nor were they hurt by Butler's personal abilities, but the inside line was either snapped up or prevented. After Embiid's return, this situation can be alleviated a lot, which is also a relatively acceptable place for the 76ers to lose in G1.
The G1 can also see a key problem with the Heat. The Heat not only have the ability to project an iron barrel array, but also rely on hard steel to break the small lineup, which can be regarded as a team that is "rigid and soft". The flip side of this feature is that the Heat can't do it in either direction. Spoo is leaning the rotation mode towards the defensive direction, but Hiro, as the thigh of the team's jump shot attack, still needs enough time to guarantee, and his ring will become difficult to hide as the number of opponents' main attackers increases, if the opponent has 3 main attackers in the 1st to 4th positions, the Heat will not dare to have a second offensive excellent defensive weakness. Audi showed a pick-up performance in the first round of the playoffs, and today this one fell back, and when he was on the floor, it was also a difficult time for the Heat to play offensively today.
The problem of offensive and defensive trade-offs will become more and more severe with the deepening of the playoffs, the Heat's joint defense is indeed cattle, but it can not cure all diseases, and The hand of Spoo is actually not easy to play.