Whenever he encounters a life-and-death battle, Embiid can always play steadily, so that the fans who support him are like a fish in the throat, and with a score of 1-3 to Madison Square Garden, the basketball mecca, the emperor once again weakened his knees, and played an outrageous efficiency of 7 of 19 shots - as a result, Embiid's average shooting rate in the life-and-death battlefield came to 38.6%, the three-point shooting rate was 25%, and only 1 of the 10 life-and-death battles in his career had a shooting rate of more than 50%. In this game, Embiid played an alternative quasi-quadruple-double, scoring 19 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists while also sending 9 turnovers, you must know that the entire Philadelphia team has only 16 times.
Embiid was able to escape from the frame of shame, thanks to two people. One of them is Maxey, who incarnated as the "hero's true color Little Brother", who scored 46 points and hit 7 three-pointers, both of which set new career highs. What's more, Maxey did not turn the milestone into a "mileage tragedy" with his own efforts - in the last 26 seconds of regular time, New York led by 6 points and won the victory, but he suddenly made a mistake and scored 7 points in a row in 18 seconds to successfully drag the game into overtime, and only then did he have the basis for turning defeat into victory.
It has been 20 years since Maddie incarnated as God and set a miracle of 35.13 seconds, and Maxey's performance of 18.7 seconds is now not as shocking as its predecessors, but after all, it is in a higher-level playoffs, so it can be regarded as a classic reproduction, so that fans who witnessed this magical reversal can't help but taste it repeatedly. Considering that Maxey is only 23 years old, he can play on such a stage and turn the hustle and bustle of Madison Square Garden into a library, and the future achievements are truly immeasurable.
Embiid's second thing to thank is Brunson. The first 47 minutes of this game were perfect, with reasonable selection and full efficiency, and they were only one step away from leading the team to the Eastern Conference semifinals. However, Brunson, who scored 40 points in this game, went crazy with Maxey, and proved that he was also an All-Star, was carried away in the final moments. The big boss looked at the scene full of friends, and was extremely eager to draw a successful rest with hero balls under the gaze of Ewing, Starks, Gua Ge and other celebrities, and let himself become one of them. So, there was an unreasonable three-point shot at the end of regular time, which gave Brother Pony the opportunity to ride the savior alone.
Although Brunson made up for the start of extra-time to help the home team steal the start, it was too late. Thibodeau's rotation strategy didn't think about playing overtime, looking at Brunson and Anunoby's playing time of more than 50 minutes, and Hart even playing 53 minutes, you can imagine that the Knicks players on the court in the final period of overtime have long been at the end of the crossbow and can no longer squeeze out a little. can only say that the winning game with the hand and the handle will be lost to Lang, and Embiid has to shout "Engong" to the big boss.
On the one hand, Embiid was submissive, did not dare to turn around, and made consecutive passing errors that put the team in a desperate situation, on the other hand, Maxi dared to fight, raced against time, and broke the game smoothly. After the game, Maxey also found Embiid to high-five the latter and encouraged: "There are two more games, let's come on!" At this moment, it is really a leader's temperament, maybe the management of Philadelphia should re-examine who the leader of this team is. For Embiid, fame is like a floating cloud, and winning is king, and the former little brother has grown into an object that can be assisted.