The card battles in the East are getting more and more intense, with the main characters being the Bucks and the 76ers, both teams that seem to be very fond of the third-place position. For the Bucks, the number "3" may mean good luck, after all, they won the championship as the third in the East in the 20-21 season. However, some fans have questioned that the Bucks are just trying to avoid the Raptors or the Nets, saving their physical strength until the semifinals in order to win the championship, otherwise how can they make the alphabet brother unable to play at such a juncture? However, the 76ers also seem to see the hint, and after insight into the cattiness, they also strive to maintain their record in the third place.
Isn't that? In this game against the Raptors at home, the 76ers only scored 88 points in a single game, allowing the Raptors to take away the game with 93 points. Logically, the Raptors do not have tall heavy centers to sit in, Embiid should play with ease, but he only scored 21 points on 6-of-20 shooting; Harden only shot 12 times in the whole game, this is not a night when teammates feel bursting, what does he restrain? The whole team is also at a disadvantage in the protection of the inner rebounds, only picking 40 rebounds and losing 16 opponents, which looks very un "Philadelphia", is it that the emperor and Jordan Jr. are used for decoration?
Saying that Philadelphia did not think of taking the third place, the fans did not believe it, but in this game, the 76ers played very badly. Embiid and Harden, as the team's core stars, did not use their strength to assume their due responsibilities and obligations: Embiid was extremely inefficient in scoring and lost the deterrent power of the inside line; while Harden only made 12 shots in the whole game, he did not want to be the core star, there were 6 mistakes in the key stage of the final quarter, the number of personal assists was only 8, and his dominance on the field disappeared without a trace.
In addition, Jordan Jr., as Embiid's substitute, also played more "introverted". You should know that in the past, he was an All-Star inside lineman, and Griffin was once the "strongest duo" in the league, playing under Paul's feeding. At that time, the league was in the alternating stage of the traditional basketball and small ball era, and Jordan Jr.'s strong physical fitness was still able to play an influence in the game, which was the final dividend of the traditional basketball era. Little Jordan, who has no foresight, will eventually be submerged in the torrent of the times.
Watching the rise of new-age centers such as Davis, Alphabet Brother, Jokic, Embiid, and Towns, Jordan Jr. didn't seem to feel any crisis or develop new skills. Later, we also saw that he has been circulating with many teams in the league for many years: from the Nets' team to start a business, to the Lakers and then abandoned, and now he is claimed by the 76ers and once again becomes Rivers's apprentice, and Jordan Jr.'s fate is like duckweed on the lake. We look forward to his second spring of his career on Harden's side, after all, Harden can feed Capela into a center who plays star data.
"Trees move to death, people move to live", can Jordan Jr. be reborn in 76 people? In this game against the Raptors at home, Jordan Jr. played 10 minutes and 43 seconds, did not shoot, did not score, grabbed 2 rebounds and 1 turnover and 1 foul. In the game where the team should have occupied the time, location, and people, he did not play any role at all, and even the housekeeping ability to "grab rebounds" was useless, only 2 rebounds. There is no blocking and dismantling cooperation with Harden, and his ability to eat cakes has not been played, so the general performance of "waste wood" makes us feel disappointed.
If Harden can't activate it, jordan jr.'s days in Philadelphia may be counting down. Falling into today's situation, which is related to his eating the old and not thinking of making progress, the era has entered the small ball play, and the personal offensive means are still so single and have not improved, which is the price he should pay. And ok and cherished, in the 76ers play Howard's role in the Lakers, may be able to retain its job bowl.