The NBA playoffs are still in full swing, and two or three games have been played in the first round of the playoffs, and many players in the league have played highlights. There are seven players who average more than 30 points per game. The Lakers' thick eyebrows really tried their best, he blasted 32 points and 14 rebounds, 32 points and 11 rebounds, 33 points and 15 rebounds in three games, and scored a big double-double of 30+10 in every game, but the team suffered three consecutive defeats. I have to say that the depth of the Lakers' roster is really too poor, few role players can stand up and help thick eyebrows share the scoring pressure, and even Lao Zhan has begun to regress, unable to play his league's No. 1 supergiant dominance. Lillard of the Bucks averaged 34.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in the first two playoff games.
Compared with his performance in the regular season, by the playoffs, Coach Lee's performance has been very good, on the one hand, Lillard himself is still in his prime, and after joining the Bucks, he has gone through a long period of adjustment, and he will always gradually get into the groove. On the other hand, the absence of Antetokounmpo due to injury gave Lillard more opportunities to shoot, allowing him to regain the feeling of being the boss of the team at the Trail Blazers, and he played more freely. Of course, it is still very difficult for the Bucks to win if they are not there, even if it is convenient for Ladd to score high points. So far in the playoffs, Siakam has been surprisingly good, scoring 36 points and 13 rebounds in the first two games, and 37 points and 11 rebounds, respectively, ranking second in the league with 36.5 points per game. You know, Siakam only joined the Pacers in the middle of this season, and he's not even the Pacers' team boss.
Siakam's average of 36.5 points per game can only rank second in the league, who is the first in scoring per game? Embiid of the 76ers, from G1 to G3, Embiid played more and more fiercely, scoring 29 points, 34 points and 50 points respectively, and averaged 37.7 points per game in the first three games. In the last G3 game, Embiid's 50 points in a single game was also a record of gods, becoming the first player in NBA history to make less than 20 shots in a single playoff game and score at least 50 points, becoming the first player in the 76ers 20 years to score at least 50 points in a single playoff game. Embiid has always been questioned, everyone thinks he is a player who will only bully the soft and afraid of the hard, hit hard in the regular season, and frantically brush up points in the face of weak teams, and in the regular season this season against the Spurs, the penultimate Spurs in the West, Embiid once blasted 70 points and 18 rebounds in a single game.
And when it comes to the playoffs, Embiid often can't, and he hasn't proven himself in the playoffs for so many years. Embiid debuted at the peak of his rookie season in 16, averaging 20 points and 8 rebounds per game in his rookie season, and since then his regular season statistics have steadily improved year by year, so far in his career, Embiid has led the team to the playoffs 7 times, 7 All-Star appearances, 5 All-Star teams, two scoring titles and an MVP. Despite this, Embiid's best record in the playoffs is only the second round, which means that he has not even touched the floor of the Eastern Conference finals, let alone the finals and championships. In fact, judging from the characteristics of Embiid's style of play, it is not difficult to analyze the reason, his scoring during the regular season is too dependent on free throws.
And once the whistle in the playoffs becomes stricter, Embiid is not so easy to get free throws, and the influence of the game has decreased a lot, and Embiid, a heavy player, likes to shoot on the periphery, both inside and outside, it is easy to get injured, and his body is also relatively brittle, and when it comes to the intensity of the playoffs, Embiid has repeatedly suffered from injuries. This has been the case for the past few seasons, and every time the playoffs come, Embiid has to drop the chain. As early as the end of the regular season, Embiid suffered a knee injury, and he played with an injury during the playoffs, and he was able to play an impact on the game, averaging points per game in 3 games, not only that, Embiid was also exposed to suffer from acute idiopathic peripheral facial nerve palsy, which will cause some mental and psychological disorders that affect his game status.
Talking about his neuroplesy, Embiid also said in an interview: "It's a little annoying, the left side of my face, mouth and eyes are a little affected. As hard as it is, I'm not a half-person...... As unfortunate as it was, I had to stick with it. In addition, when talking about his own injuries in the past few years, Embiid also said: "It's unfortunate that I ask every day, 'Why is it always me?'. Every year, I ask myself the same question, every year, and it's frustrating. Yes, maybe it was meant to be, so take it. But one thing is that no matter what happens, I'm not going to give up, I have to keep going, keep fighting, keep throwing my body on the field, for my family, for the city, for this team. "I have to say that Embiid is still very scrappy, although he falls in the first two rounds of the playoffs every time, he still sticks to the 76ers, hoping to lead the team to a breakthrough, how far do you think the 76ers can go this season?