On May 6, Beijing time, the NBA Philadelphia team once again sent deadly bad news! The team's number one ace superstar, Embiid, was listed as absent from G3 in his latest injury report due to concussion protection agreements. However, Philadelphia reporters reported that Embiid is not necessarily absent from G3, and Philadelphia can still update the report on Friday local time, and the game will be played on Friday night local time. And once G3 loses again, Philadelphia will fall into a 0-3 NBA 76 year unsolvable curse.
In G6 with the Raptors, Embiid was elbowed in the face by Siakam and subsequently suffered a concussion + orbit fracture. At that time, it was widely believed that Embiid would not be absent for too long, but would just put on a mask and continue to play. But now, the alliance's hard-imposed concussion protection agreement has become Embiid's Achilles heel. If he can't pass the test, Embiid can't make it.
Fortunately, philadelphia still has one last day to go, and Embiid has the opportunity to lift the concussion protection agreement by continuing to test. For Philadelphia, facing a 0-2 dilemma, if Embiid can't make a comeback in G3, it will be a fatal blow for them. Because in the first two games, Philadelphia against this Heat, did not see any hope of victory.
Harden's decline has proved devastating, and he is no longer the superstar who can cut 30+ or even 40+ at will. The current Harden can only be regarded as a relatively good two-way defender. And because the outside world has high expectations of him, Harden's performance now needs to be described as disaster. Without Embiid, he wouldn't have been able to lead the team forward in the playoffs.
Looking back at embiid's injury, coach Rivers is hard to blame. With a 29-point lead against the Raptors in the final quarter, Rivers did not remove embiid and other key players, leading to the current plight of Philadelphia. Last season, Philadelphia suffered a major reversal to stop the semifinals, and if Philadelphia continues to stop in the semifinals this season due to Embiid's injury, Rivers may not be able to escape the doom of class.