On April 18, Beijing time, Philadelphia defeated the Heat 105-104 at home, and after this game, Philadelphia locked up seventh in the East, and they will face the Knicks in the first round. The Heat led by 1 point in the first quarter, the Heat led by 11 points at halftime, Philadelphia narrowed to only 5 points after the third quarter, and Philadelphia once overtook the stalemate between the two teams in the final quarter, and Embiid scored 8 points and 1 assist at the critical moment to help Philadelphia win
Embiid returned to Philadelphia after repairing the meniscus to remain undefeated, and before entering the play-offs, it was a wave of 8 consecutive wins, with Embiid's anchor, it seems that the morale of all the Philadelphia generals is high, and Embiid made consecutive fouls in a single quarter and scored 5 free throws to score 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, once helping the team lead by 8 points, but unfortunately Embiid could not receive the ball after Spo changed the regional defense.
The second quarter is Embiid's rotation time, the opening Philadelphia is a series of mistakes were pulled away by the Heat to 10 points, Embiid was also tired of the basket after the court, only 4 points and 3 rebounds in the single quarter 4 of 1 + 2 of 2 free throws, a close layup did not score, 2 of 8 in the half and 10 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.
Embiid was already mocked for his 2-of-8 performance at halftime: the sinner of the financial markets.
There are also people who blast Embiid as an invisible man as soon as he enters the playoffs.
There are also fans who mock Embiid for entering the playoffs as a fake.
Fans: Embiid is definitely not a star in the league's top 15 players.
In the third quarter, Batum made 3 three-pointers, Hield scored 7 points and 2 assists, and the two sounded the horn of counterattack for Philadelphia and once narrowed the gap to 3 points, but Embiid missed a strong shot under the bag, and a low-level mistake allowed the Heat to hit two three-pointers in a row, but fortunately, Payne also hit a three-pointer, Philadelphia narrowed to 6 points in the third quarter, and Embiid was 3 of 12 in the third quarter and deserved to be the invisible man in the playoffs.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Embiid hit a three-pointer, he assisted Batum to hit a three-pointer, he watched the whole team rise up to help him overtake the score, the Heat overtook again after a wave of 6-0 climax, Embiid made a foul and hit a three-pointer after hitting two free throws, Herro responded with three points, he was key 2+1, (MVP sounded all over the court) Embiid assisted Oubre 2+1, Embiid 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the final quarter, 2 minutes 33 seconds -36 seconds, that is, 117 seconds to get 8 points + 1 assist.
In 38 minutes, he was 6-of-17 from the field and 2-of-4 from three-point range, scoring 23 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers, shooting 35.3% from the field and 50% from three-point range.
Philadelphia will face the Knicks in the first round, and this group against Philadelphia actually has a clear advantage.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream