For the most important game of their season, the Sixers and Joel Embiid missed offensively, with only 85 points scored at 36% shooting success. Above all, the 8/34 at 3-pts hurts. Not to mention the 13 small points and the ugly 5/20 shooting in the last quarter…
“I find that, throughout the match, in terms of our shots, we didn’t really believe it”notes Doc Rivers for Sixers Wire. “A lot of shoots were open, we didn’t put in. I didn’t like our attack. At the end of the match, we have to play more with our interior. »
Did the Philadelphia players lack conviction when it came to hitting 3-pointers? James Harden, who finished on his side with a pitiful 0/6 behind the arc, does not really agree.
“We believed in it but we didn’t shoot. If we put in, the match is not the same”replies the 2018 MVP. “I think we had some good shots in the last quarter, like those during the season,” adds Tobias Harris. “It didn’t fall in, but we could have done better to get the ball moving. On certain possessions, we could have had a little more balance in the game.
“I have to ask for the ball more”
Joel Embiid, he goes in the direction of the observation of his coach, after this defeat, on the circulation of the ball. “We had a lot of open shots, which we didn’t score”, starts the center of the Sixers . “The ball didn’t move enough. Our attack was static whereas we are good when things move, when the ball goes from one side to the other. »
Above all, the 2023 MVP took his last shot at 3:55 from the end of the game. Doc Rivers’ troops negotiated the “money time” without relying on their best player when, in Boston, Jayson Tatum made the difference.
“I don’t think I touched the ball in the last four minutes of the game. I didn’t touch the ball again.” regrets Joel Embiid, author of 26 points and 10 rebounds in this Game 6. “I have to ask for the ball more. But we forgot what worked at the start of the last quarter. For an interior, it’s complicated to have the ball and create something for yourself, but I have to do it. »
| Joel Embiid | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2016-17 | PHL | 31 | 25 | 46.6 | 36.7 | 78.3 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 20.2 |
| 2017-18 | PHL | 63 | 30 | 48.3 | 30.8 | 76.9 | 2.3 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 22.9 |
| 2018-19 | PHL | 64 | 34 | 48.4 | 30.0 | 80.4 | 2.5 | 11.1 | 13.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 27.5 |
| 2019-20 | PHL | 51 | 30 | 47.7 | 33.1 | 80.7 | 2.8 | 8.9 | 11.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 23.0 |
| 2020-21 | PHL | 51 | 31 | 51.3 | 37.7 | 85.9 | 2.2 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 28.5 |
| 2021-22 | PHL | 68 | 34 | 49.9 | 37.1 | 81.4 | 2.2 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 30.6 |
| 2022-23 ★ | PHL | 66 | 35 | 54.8 | 33.0 | 85.7 | 1.7 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 33.1 |
| Total | 394 | 32 | 50.1 | 33.7 | 81.9 | 2.2 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 27.2 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots made / Shots attempted; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def= defensive rebound; Tot = Total bounces; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost bullets; Ct: Counters; Points = Points.
