Celts17Pride wrote:commentatorer wrote:Simmons played his worst and still had 18 points, and Embiid had 31, both guys shot over 50%.
Boston seem to have no impact on Simmons/Embiid's scoring.
The issue is Boston's defensive ability on the 3-point-line, and that impacts Philly's role-players, and we'll see if that trend continues in Game 2.
Celtics let Embiid do whatever he wanted. That was the game plan. Stop Simmons in transition and cover the 3 point line. Embiid had to beat the Celtics by himself.
Most of Simmons points were in garbage time
Yes. Stevens was adamant about not double teaming embiid and just letting him abuse baynes. Baynes was the sacrifice in order for Celtics to stay home with the 3 point shooters.
That’s why I said sixers have to stay with Embiid. Pound it down. Baynes is gonna to get in foul trouble sooner than later. And last thing Stevens wants to do is to habe Horford defending Embiid everytime down the floor. That is not a long term solution to guard embiid with Horford. It will wear Horford down quickly having to defend embiid every time down the floor where he may not have energy for offense.
