0-14, goodbye championship! The NBA league's real data brush, it's hard to earn respect

This season's NBA playoffs have quietly kicked off, starting from the regular season, which is not the same as in the past few years, the Thunder and Timberwolves in the West have risen strongly, Edwards has averaged 26+5+5 data per game, and Alexander has averaged 30+6+6 data per game, all of which have become supergiants. The Eastern Celtics dominate the family, but young teams like the Knicks, Cavaliers, and Magic also show strong talent, and the Bucks are gradually reduced to mediocrity. Several traditional championship teams in the West, the Warriors went out early, the Lakers took the last train in the play-offs, and although the Suns finally got the playoff tickets, they entered the playoffs and found that they were completely different from the past, and the dominance of James and Durant declined! More and more Mesozoic stars took the lead, including the rising Doncic and Morant, and the NBA finally changed the dynasty.

The Mesozoic generation, along with various individual honors and team performances, Jokic led the Nuggets to win the championship last summer, and Brother Alphabet led the Bucks to the championship in the summer of '21, which are two of the best examples. But there are also some stars, all kinds of crushing in the regular season, playing gorgeous statistics, but in the playoffs, it seems to be a different person! This season, the 76ers have a 47-35 regular season record, and because of Embiid's knee injury, the 76ers played very hard in February and March. However, in the closing game, a wave of 8 consecutive wins, plus a play-off victory over the Heat, successfully won the seventh seed. Facing the Knicks, who lacked Randle, the core of the forward, the first two games of the 76ers series, one lost by 7 points and the other lost by 3 points, but this almost directly announced the ending of this round of the series! 0-14, goodbye championship! NBA's No. 1 data brush, it's hard for you to earn respect.

Let's start with a set of data. In the history of the 76ers, when they fell behind 0-2 in the playoff series, they finished with a 0-14 record and no comeback! Remember last summer, when Harden was leaving the 76ers, Embiid said in an interview: "Whether I'm in Philadelphia or elsewhere, my goal is to win a championship, no matter what it takes." I know it's not just 1-2 people to help, you have to have good enough team-mates around you, it's not an easy task. Embiid then stressed: It doesn't matter who is on my team, I only focus on my goals. Embiid's words at the time pushed Harden to the forefront, including when Harden first went to the Clippers, he suffered 6 consecutive defeats, and at the same time, Embiid led the team to 8 consecutive wins.

This season, Embiid averaged 34.7 points, 11 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game in the regular season, with a two-point shooting rate of 52.9% + 38.8%, which is gorgeous, but the round possession rate is more than 38%, and the interior scoring account is only 40%, which is the "center" with the largest difference since the NBA has these two statistics. Including Jokic and Sabonis, the interior with strategy attributes does not have such a high percentage of ball possession and exaggerated shooting as Embiid, and the key Embiid can also get 11 free throws per game, and the league takes good care of him. When a guard plays in the regular season, except for facing the opponent's inside, everything else is a misalignment advantage, okay, no problem. But what about the playoffs? You're going to have a show of stuff sooner or later, right? If you don't get involved in the rim protection, if you don't block and help your teammates create opportunities, can you win?

Take three games as an example. In the play-off game against the Heat, Embiid was 6-of-17, with 23 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, shooting 35.3% from the field and 9-of-10 from the free-throw line; in the game with the Knicks G1, Embiid was 8-of-22 with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, shooting 36.4% from the field and 11-of-12 from the free-throw line; and in the game with the Knicks G2, Embiid was 12-of-29 with 34 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, shooting 41.4% from the field and 8-of-12 from the free throw line. It is equivalent to 68 shots + 34 free throws, in exchange for 86 points, the effective shooting rate is 43.1%, and the effective data of the playoffs is 100 people, Embiid ranks 79th! The round possession rate is as high as 39.6%! Counting free throws, the true shooting rate is just over 50%!

I'll give you an example: The Wizards' Poole is averaging 17.4 points per game this season, and if he has Embiid's shots, not counting free throws, Poole can average 2 more points per game than Embiid. What kind of play style does Poole have? He doesn't care about his teammates at all, then Embiid has reached the playoffs, and this level of efficiency can only be a data brush! Any player in the league averages 23 shots + 12 free throws per game, and the efficiency may be higher than Embiid! The key Embiid's style of play hurts himself and the team very much: he played two playoff games with the Knicks, allowing the Knicks to grab 24 more rebounds, Hart and DiVinson Zortzor are a head shorter than Embiid, why can they run rampant on Embiid's head to grab rebounds and score? That can only be said that Embiid himself does not pay attention to defense, and only thinks about brushing up on statistics.

Including Embiid's meniscus injury this season, to put it bluntly, it conflicts with the attributes of heavy weight overload + his own guard playing style, and finally his knee is unable to support! The point is that with the exponential depletion of the body, he will go down to his peak early, which is irreversible. Including Garnett, O'Neal, Pierce and others have criticized Embiid's style of play, including the attitude of the playoffs, but to put it bluntly, he is unwilling to change, and no one can help him. If you continue to fight like this, not only will you not be able to win respect, let alone lead the team to win the championship, it will be impossible.