After the last loss to the Heat, Philadelphia may have to reverse the momentum of the game next, although the first game against the 76ers was a fiasco, but the reason was Embiid's absence.
Perhaps from the sense of the game, the 76ers do not seem to have anything to praise, the rebounds were grabbed by the opponent to let the Heat grab 47 rebounds, of which 15 were secondary offensive rebounds; the outside three-pointers were not shot, the team's three-point 6 of 34, shooting rate was only a pitiful 17.6%; Harden, as the second core of the team, did not play the performance it should, scoring 16 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 turnovers on 13 shooting. But carefully analyzing the game, Philadelphia has taken out everything that Embiid can come up with, and the unresolved problems are all related to Embiid's absence, in other words, if Embiid can return, the final victory or defeat of this series is still difficult to say.
And everyone knows that Embiid was hit by his hometown Siakam with an elbow fracture and concussion in the last round of the Raptors, which caused great trouble for the 76ers, but you know, in the first round of the series Embiid was plagued by a thumb injury, but he still insisted on playing with an injury. This did not bring good news about Embiid earlier, according to the famous Ramona Shelburne, Embiid is still dealing with concussion symptoms at home in Philadelphia, and Embiid wants to make a comeback, he must first pass the NBA league concussion agreement. If all goes well, Embiid could make a comeback wearing a custom mask against the Heat series G3 or G4.
To put it bluntly, Embiid will not miss this round of the series because of his injury, after all, he is also very eager for the championship, and it is worth mentioning that Embiid had a similar incident in 2018, at the end of March of that year, Embiid fractured his left eye socket during the game against the Knicks, so he missed 3 weeks, including the first two games against the Heat in the first round of the playoffs, in the G3 game, Embiid came back wearing a super cool mask that called himself the "Phantom of the Process". So, in the next two days, if Embiid passes the league concussion agreement, then embiid, the third game of the Heat series, has a chance to return.
Of course, before that, the 76ers need to carry the second game of tomorrow against the Heat, and the outside world also complains about Embiid's poor performance of Harden, believing that he did not carry the team, but Harden also made a promise in the interview, he said: "We will get better, we will adapt to this series." Obviously, we are missing Embiid, which is something we can't control, but we have to get out of the woods, have the mentality of the next person to step up, and get better. I know we can because we are resilient. We had some good shooting opportunities, but we just couldn't get in, and I felt like I should have played more aggressively. ”
In fact, Harden did a very good job in the last game, and it was very difficult to shoot in the face of the bag clip, but he also passed the ball to his teammates, but it did not translate into a score. But as the second core of the team, Harden should indeed be selfish, to attack the opponent's basket more resolutely, and if he can steal a victory on the road, then for the 76ers to win a bigger chance of promotion.