The last fig leaf of the NBA was revealed, and he didn't want to save face in order to brush up on the data, he was really the ugliest scoring champion, the MVP of water injection, Xiao Hua really praised the wrong person!
Text: Lao Kan Kanqiu
Editor|Lao Kan Kanqiu
The NBA season is about to pass the halfway point, and the situation in the east and west of the league is gradually becoming clearer. In the West, the three championship giants, the Lakers, Suns and Warriors, have been hovering in the play-in zone and have not been able to show the strength and competitiveness they deserve. The Warriors are in turmoil, and Kerr's concept of meritorious basketball seems to be holding the team back in the way. The Lakers also had conflicts, and the relationship between head coach Ham and the players gradually became estranged, and the team's cohesion and combat effectiveness were greatly reduced. The Suns are very limited due to the lack of stamina due to injury problems. However, the Clippers have sprung up, from the bottom three in the West at the beginning of the season, all the way to the north, winning 14 of the last 16 games, and attacking the top three in the West.
Compared with the chaos in the west, the situation in the east is very stable. The top three in the rankings, the Celtics, Bucks and 76ers, are still firmly in the Diaoyutai rankings. Although the teams are in a similar position, the difference in the quality of these three teams is becoming more and more obvious. The Celtics played harder and harder, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, and they steadily suppressed the latter two. The Bucks, on the other hand, are known as having the strongest duo in the league and Lillard, but their performance on the court is a surprise and they are completely undominant in the regular season last season. And among these three teams, the biggest contrast is undoubtedly the 76ers.
The data shows that this season in the face of a team with a win rate of less than 5 percent, the 76ers can be described as invincible, winning 16 of 18 games. However, when facing teams with a win rate of more than 50%, their record plummeted to 7-9 and a net difference of 1.3 points per 100 overposings. This undoubtedly shows that the 76ers are only masters in the game, but they are powerless in hard-to-go games.
It's all thanks to Embiid, the absolute core of the 76ers, who is the driving force behind the team's abuse. In an average of 34.6 minutes per game, Embiid can hit 34.7 points, 11.7 rebounds and 6.1 assists, and the efficiency is really good. And, under Embiid's leadership, the team's offensive and defensive efficiency ranks among the top five in the league, and his outstanding performance and excellent leadership results have also been recognized by the league. Embiid has held the top spot on the latest MVP list for five consecutive weeks, and the probability of him winning the MVP of the season again is more than 70%.
At the same time, Embiid's various records this season are also amazing. He scored at least 30 points and 10 rebounds in 15 consecutive games, an achievement that put him third in history behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Chamberlain. In addition, he scored at least 30 points in 16 consecutive games and scored 50+ for the sixth time in his career, which is second only to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar among center players in NBA history. Taken together, Embiid's technical excellence and data performance is truly impeccable. The ugly scoring champion, the MVP of water injection, the final fig leaf of the NBA was revealed, and Xiao Hua praised the wrong person!
But in fact, it is precisely because of the achievement of the data record that Embiid has completely given up face, and even more so the team's victory, and is bent on his own record. In the most recent 36-point defeat to the Knicks, the team trailed by less than 20 points in the third quarter, and the game was still in suspense. However, Embiid, who has already scored 28 points, only has a 30+ record in his mind to continue, missing consecutive shots and being stealed. In the end, he still relied on free throws to force his score to 30+, but at the same time, the team's point difference was widened to more than 30 points by the Knicks, making the game completely out of suspense. Still, Embiid clocked out contentedly.
What's even more impressive is that in last year's playoffs, the 76ers played the Celtics in a tiebreaker. Embiid's performance was disastrous, causing the team to be eliminated from the tournament after two consecutive games. The whole team was frustrated, but Embiid didn't have a trace of frustration at being eliminated. Instead, he hugged Tatum and the other Celtics players in turn with a smile on his face after the game. Especially at the post-game press conference, although he kept saying that he regretted being out, the corners of his mouth grinned to the root of his ears, and people who didn't know thought that the 76ers had advanced. The reason for this is that Embiid won the league's scoring title and MVP awards last season, and he believes that he has reached perfection last season, completely ignoring the feelings of the team and his teammates.
Embiid prides himself on being the best center in the NBA, but he has been controversial. Although he can average as many as 35 points per game, a closer analysis of his scoring composition raises questions about his position as a midfielder. In fact, Embiid's interior score is only 14 points, which is not as good as Brother Alphabet and Thick Eyebrows, and even the Rockets' Shin Kyung has gradually surpassed Embiid in interior scoring. Clearly, Embiid's style of play doesn't match his self-styled status as a center.
Of course, Embiid does know how to take advantage of it. Benefiting from the league and Xiao Hua's continuous support, Embiid also has a free throw guarantee, often knocking down at a touch, and the referee also takes care of him frequently, averaging nearly 13 free throws per game, and scoring more than 10 points on free throws alone. However, Embiid's regular-season stats are really beautiful enough, and if nothing else, he can win the regular-season scoring title and MVP this season.
However, despite Embiid's beautiful stats, it seems to have become a Xi for teams to be weak against strong teams. This can't help but make people question whether Embiid's style of play is really suitable for the high-intensity confrontation in the playoffs, and they are destined to not go far in the playoffs. In fact, the league has been touting Embiid in recent years, but Embiid's style of play really struggles to show its true strength in the playoffs. After all, the last fig leaf of the NBA has been lifted, and people are beginning to see the truth of the facts. This also made the outside world begin to question Xiao Hua's choice, he really praised the wrong person.