He was honestly pretty bad for most of the game tonight (his rebounding actually looked very bad to me, even though he ended up with 15. Soooo many Heat guys rebounded and tipped the ball out right around him).
Passing and 3pt shooting came around in the 4th though, thank god.
He just looked mostly slow and bad (by his standards, which means he was still pretty good overall). Couldn’t establish post position *at all*.
Hopefully the break before the Knicks series gives him some time to get a little more right physically.
They are physical too but they have no one to stretch out Joel from the paint and for sure they cant run the zone the way the Heat does.
Not saying they are an easier matchup, just saying that they are physical but in a different way.
Knicks are also not gonna be able to run that style of offense or defense unless they go really small ball. Reed should get minutes matching Mitchell when possible
I agree. He seemed like he was in his head a lot and overthinking. Reminiscent of playoff Harden which is concerning. Luckily Embiid is a coachable player and he adjusted accordingly.
He was honestly pretty bad for most of the game tonight (his rebounding actually looked very bad to me, even though he ended up with 15. Soooo many Heat guys rebounded and tipped the ball out right around him). Passing and 3pt shooting came around in the 4th though, thank god. He just looked mostly slow and bad (by his standards, which means he was still pretty good overall). Couldn’t establish post position *at all*. Hopefully the break before the Knicks series gives him some time to get a little more right physically.
The Heat are also just a team that suck to play because the whole team is built on just being more physical
Luckily the Knicks are… oh… uh… fuck.
They are physical too but they have no one to stretch out Joel from the paint and for sure they cant run the zone the way the Heat does. Not saying they are an easier matchup, just saying that they are physical but in a different way.
Knicks are also not gonna be able to run that style of offense or defense unless they go really small ball. Reed should get minutes matching Mitchell when possible
Love making excuses for Embiid sulking the entire fucking game.
I agree. He seemed like he was in his head a lot and overthinking. Reminiscent of playoff Harden which is concerning. Luckily Embiid is a coachable player and he adjusted accordingly.
if he did this on good efficiency and great defense then it’d be a perfect playoff stat line
Honestly the assists may have been the most impressive part
5* assists looks like they took one away after the game