On May 1, Beijing time, the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the New York Knicks 112-106 in overtime, and the score was 2-3. In this life-and-death battle, Maxey became a hero in Philadelphia, while Embiid almost became a sinner, and it was his consecutive mistakes in the final quarter that helped the Knicks play a climax, if it weren't for Maxey's 3+1 and a three-point tie at a critical moment, Philadelphia would have no chance of overtime.
Before the game, Embiid was suspicious because of migraine, he has always had facial paralysis, and he often has facial paralysis on the left side of his face, so Embiid is fighting with a knee injury + facial paralysis, but because it is a life and death battle, he still decided to play with an injury.
Embiid faced a career of elimination, averaging 22 points, 2 assists and 4.6 turnovers per game, shooting 38.8% from the field and 25% from three-point range. He was really strained in the first three quarters of this game, playing 32 minutes, 5-of-14, 1-of-3 three-pointers, and scored 13 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks.
There are already American fans who ridicule Embiid as a cripple in key games, and the last thing he is good at is playing key games.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Philadelphia once overtook 5-0, but Embiid made two consecutive low-level mistakes in 7 minutes and 32 seconds and 6 minutes 17 seconds Embiid made two consecutive low-level mistakes to help the Knicks easily counterattack, and the Knicks overtook again with a wave of 10-0 climax, Embiid finally hit one under the basket, but Embiid missed the basket, which made Brunson make two fouls and free throws to stretch to 3 points again, and Embiid continued to make mistakes to send points 1 minute and 40 seconds before the end.
Maxey scored seven points in a row 17 seconds before the end of the game - 8 seconds before the end to help Philadelphia equalize, Batum hat Brunson The two teams went into overtime, and Maxey saved Embiid because Embiid had 15 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists and 9 turnovers in regular time.
When there was a scene that made many Philadelphia fans dissatisfied, when Maxey hit the draw + Batum hat Brunson entered overtime, the Philadelphia bench was partying, only Embiid sat on the bench and felt very unhappy, he seemed to be very indifferent to Maxey's explosive performance.
In overtime, Embiid made two fouls and one free throw, and completed 2+1 at one time, he was originally a hero, but he defended Brunson to send a level of malice, Brunson scored 4 points in one round to equalize, Embiid was another free hand, fortunately, Brunson also made a mistake, otherwise Embiid was a super sinner, and Maxey made two free throws to end the game.
Embiid played 48 minutes in the game, 9-of-19, 1-of-4 three-pointers, 4-of-6 free throws, 19 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists, 9 turnovers, 1 steal and 5 blocks, shooting 36.8% from the field, 25% from three-point range, and 43.9% from the field.
Embiid has only one of 10 playoff games with a shooting percentage of more than 50 percent, extending his shameful record.
However, Embiid became the second player in Philadelphia team history to have a playoff triple-double in the past 30 years, and the sixth player in team history to have a playoff triple-double, with at least 15+15+10+5 blocks in a single playoff game, which is the first person after David Robinson and Duncan.
The efficiency of life-and-death battles is really a bit too poor, especially the true hit rate.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream