Whenever he encounters a life-or-death battle, Embiid can always perform stably as always, making the fans who support him feel like they are in the throat. With a big score of 1 to 3, he came to Madison Square Garden, the holy land of basketball. The emperor's knees weakened again and he played With an outrageous efficiency of 7 of 19 shots - as a result, Embiid's field goal percentage in life and death battles reached 38.6%, his three-point shooting percentage was 25%, and his field goal percentage exceeded 50% only once in 10 life and death battles in his career. In this campaign, Embiid produced an extraordinary quasi-quadruple-double, scoring 19 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists while also committing 9 turnovers. You must know that the entire Philadelphia team only made 16 turnovers. You can imagine this death. Escape from defeat to victory, how difficult it was for Philadelphia on the scene.
Embiid can really thank two people for escaping from the rack of shame. One of them is Maxi, who is the incarnation of "Hero Ma Ke". Ma Ma scored 46 points and hit 7 three-pointers in this game. Both statistics set new career highs. More importantly, Maxi's own efforts did not turn the milestone into a "mileage tragedy" - in the last 26 seconds of regular time, New York was leading by 6 points and was sure of victory, but he suddenly launched an attack and scored 7 points in a row in 18 seconds. , only then did they successfully drag the game into overtime and have the basis for turning defeat into victory.
It has been 20 years since Tracy McGrady became God and set a miracle of 35 seconds and 13 minutes. Maxi's current performance of 18 seconds and 7 minutes, although not as shocking as his predecessors, is after all in a higher level playoffs, so It can be regarded as a classic re-enactment, and fans who have witnessed this magical reversal can't help but savor it again and again. Considering that Maxi is only 23 years old, he can perform like this on such a stage and turn the noisy Madison Square Garden into a library. His future achievements are really immeasurable.
The second person Embiid wants to thank is Brunson. Big TouZai's performance in the first 47 minutes of this game was perfect, with reasonable choices and high efficiency. He was only one step away from leading the team to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a single core. However, Brunson, who scored 40 points in this game and had a crazy battle with Maxi, proving that he is also an All-Star, got carried away at the last moment. Big TouZi looked at the crowd of guests and was extremely eager to draw a perfect ending with each hero ball under the gaze of Ewing, Starks, Gua Ge and other famous players, so that he could become one of them. Ever since, there was an unreasonable three-point shot at the end of regular time, which gave Ma Ma the opportunity to ride alone as the savior.
Although Brunson made up for it at the beginning of overtime and helped the home team get the start, it was too late. Thibodeau's rotation strategy did not consider playing overtime. Looking at Brunson and Anunoby playing for more than 50 minutes, and Hart even playing 53 minutes, one can imagine that Nick in the final period of overtime The players on the field are already at the end of their rope and can no longer squeeze out anything. It can only be said that the game that was a sure win was lost, and Embiid had to shout "Benefactor" to the big guy.
On the one hand, Embiid was submissive and did not dare to turn around. His continuous passing mistakes put the team into a desperate situation. On the other hand, Maxi dared to fight and fight, racing against time and successfully breaking the game. This game was really a face-to-face teaching of Embiid on how to be a leader. After the game, Maxi also found Embiid to give him a high-five and encourage him: "There are still two more games, let's work hard!" For a moment, the leadership qualities were truly on display. Perhaps itās time for Philadelphiaās management to re-examine who the leader of this team is. For Embiid, fame is like a floating cloud, and winning is the key. The former little brother has grown into someone who can assist him.
