0-2, the 76ers collapsed again in the second half, the team has come to the edge of the cliff, during Embiid's absence, everyone is counting on Harden to play the Rockets' offensive performance to save the team, in fact, Harden because of the hamstring injury, a short time can not fully recover the explosive force, just like paul in the 18-19 season, there is more than enough and insufficient strength, more importantly, the loss of Embiid's internal containment, the Heat can unscrupulously wrap Harden, just like head coach Spoo said: "Build a human wall, I want everyone to see, I want Harden to see this wall", which is enough to show how hard Harden played.
Embiid is this season's MVP candidate, the regular season scoring king, compared to Harden, he is the real core of the 76ers, the lack of his loss to the East First Heat is not difficult to accept, if he can return in G3, the 76ers still have the strength to fight the Heat, even more dominant, but Rivers' stubbornness is a huge hidden danger, in the first game, Rivers used Jordan Jr. to replace Embiid to start, originally hoping to protect the team's interior line, in fact, Jordan Jr. has become the opponent's cash machine, He played only 17 minutes and 17 seconds, and the plus-minus value reached -22, without any positive effect on the field.
The US media suggested that Rivers abandon Jordan Jr., thinking that he can no longer adapt to the rhythm of the NBA, but Rivers said: "Whether you like it or not, we will continue to let him start the game, because we all believe in him", in the second game, sure enough, Jordan Jr. still appeared in the starting lineup, as a result we saw that he was not able to complete the redemption, played 13 minutes and 24 seconds, the plus-minus value reached -9, Harden Although the offense has seriously declined, but his organizational ability is still obvious to all, Especially for the pie-eating center, whether it is Capela in the Rockets period, or Clarkston or even Sharp in the Nets period, under the leadership of Harden, he can play efficiently, but now Jordan Jr. is really powerless.
Of course, it is not that Jordan Jr. really can't be used, but the heat's inner line is Adebayor, he belongs to the mobile center, although he does not shoot outside the line, but he has the ability to respond to the high position and hold the ball to break through, the little Jordan This squat type of inner line can not keep up with his footsteps, on the field is the target of the object, the attack he also did not open the role of space, 2 games down, when he was on the field the team's offensive efficiency 95, Defensive efficiency of 151.7 (151.7 points lost per 100 rounds), net loss of 56.7 points per 100 rounds, can only be described as miserable.
The 76ers are about to return to their home stadium, if Embiid can come back, the team's problems will be solved, of course, even if it is a substitute inside line, it can no longer be on Jordan Jr., Reid is still no problem with 15 minutes or so on top of each game, if Embiid can't play, the 76ers can't give up, the team can consider changing the lineup to use five small lineups, just like when D'Antoni let Tucker play center, Rivers can let Harris play center, Harden as a big forward, bring Sable to the start, play a set of extreme five small, Even if you can't stop Adebayor, you have to lock the opponent's outside line, and maybe there is a possibility of winning.
Time is running out for the 76ers, and it remains to be seen if Rivers can wake up!