After a fantastic regular season, Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid failed to pick up his first MVP this year. According to The Famous Woj, Jokic won the regular season MVP for the second consecutive season, and the official results are expected to be announced this week.
After the news of Jokic's winning the MVP, Embiid has not been publicly heard. But Denver Post reporter Mike Singer said that according to sources close to the Philadelphia 76ers, the 76ers team already knew the MVP result, and Embiid was not excited.
As the MVP winner, Embiid has been very mature and stable. He knows his number one job is to play the playoffs, not to go to social media to fight a war of words. Embiid has returned in the second round of the series after two breaks from a fractured right eye socket in the first round of the series and led the 76ers to an equaliser with a 2-0 deficit.
After the G4 game, 76ers coach Rivers said: "We haven't seen the best Embiid in this series, he's still adapting to this mask on his face. Even so, we can see Embiid's dominance. After his return, the 76ers' shooters collectively warmed up, and the Heat interior Adebayor also lost its dominance in an instant.
Just tomorrow, the 76ers' G5 game against the Heat will begin. Like Harden said, the series begins with an away win. To advance to the next round, the 76ers must beat their opponents in the next game. For Embiid, who has just lost his MVP, he needs to explode in G5 and get people in the league to pay attention to him.