joesweeney wrote:You may think he is being babied, but the truth is Philly is better without him in the line up. Yes he is an allstar and a game changer, but he slows the game down for Philly. A slower game is not something that Philly wants to get into with Miami. They elude to the 3 point shot. They Live and Die by it. Game one, they lived by it. Game two, they died by it. Quite Frankly, Philly needs to make 15+ 3pt shots at a 45+ % rate in order to win. If they can mix Embiid in while doing this, then that's their game plan. Truthfully, Miami's D is too hard to allow this, and this "sweep" turned into a dog fight.
Your whole analysis is based on two games and
quite frankly incorrect. The Sixers won plenty with Embiid this year. Saying they are a better team without him in the line-up is the hottest of the takes. When Miami only has to "worry" about Amir Johnson under the basket, it gives them much more freedom to get up on Redick, Belinelli, Ilyasova, and Covington. No need to sag off to double team or deny the entry pass to Embiid. Let's use a large sample, size, how about the 76ers' 16 game win streak to finish the regular season, 8 of which Embiid was a part of?
vs. Bucks 15/36 41.7%
vs. Hawks 17/37 45.9%vs. Mavericks 8/27 29.6%
vs. Cavaliers 14/39 35.8%
vs. Pistons 13/30 43.3%
vs. Nets 9/21 43.7%
vs. Hornets 14/32 43.7%
vs. Hawks 8/38 21%
vs. Knicks 9/31 29%
vs. Nuggets 13/29 44.8%
vs. Wolves 13/37 35.1%
vs. Magic 15/37 40.5%
vs. Grizzlies 11/31 35.5%
vs. Hornets 18/44 40.9%
vs. Nets 12/27 44.4%
vs. Knicks 15/37 40.5%
Of those 16 wins, the Sixers only met your "15 threes at a 45% clip" criteria once, so you're definitely using a lazy generalization based on the outcome of Game 1.
