Joel Embiid’s Dominance Continues
Joel Embiid has had an otherworldly MVP-caliber season.
The center became the first of his position to lead the NBA in scoring since Shaquille O’Neal, dropping 30.6 points per game.
Embiid’s season also was the highest-scoring ever for a player who played less than 34 minutes per game. In fact, you’ll find each of Embiid’s last three seasons among the top ten in PPG for a player playing under that minute’s threshold.
Whatever should happen to Philly this postseason – Embiid will be dominant regardless. The center is all but unguardable, especially when Toronto’s biggest player is 45 pounds lighter than the mammoth big.
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Toronto will look to double, triple, even quadruple-team Joel Embiid as they did in their last match-up at the end of March.
Embiid managed 30 points and 10 rebounds in that match-up, but had five turnovers. With room to improve, look for Embiid to make an effort to use his passing vision against a Toronto defense that will be constantly collapsing around him.
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Embiid’s scoring and rebounding are givens at this point – he’s too unstoppable to keep away from the rim without instead sending him to the free-throw line. It will be Embiid’s passing that is a key to his success against Toronto, and he’ll have no problem continuing his MVP-level play in round one.
