We expected him to be hugely dominating against a racket deprived of his defender most likely to hinder him (Robert Williams III), but Joel Embiid pedaled a little in the semolina for his first match of the season. We are not on a total disasterclass eh, be careful, but the boxscore clearly saves the results of a match whose feeling did not particularly affect us.
26 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, hence the importance of watching the games and not stopping at a line of stats. Last night Joel Embiid was not disastrous, far from it, but he did not show an overflowing desire to do battle either, except when it was necessary to wedge an arm bar to the local troll Marcus Smart. A timid start to the match, with two fouls on the counter quite quickly, which you will agree does not help you defend as if your life depended on it. In attack? Le more often taken two at the initiative of this veteran from Al Horford, Jojo sometimes got away with it, with talent because he is steeped in it, but he very often tripped over the carpet, exiting (again) thanks to a small amount of very generous whistles. His fifteen rebounds? A large majority of them fell into his hands without really having an opponent to bumper, the Celtics having favored the defensive withdrawal this night and much good took them.
In short, it was a Joel Embiid sure of his moves in attacks and taking advantage of the opponent’s breaths who planted his 26 points, but the pincers set up by Al Horford, Grant Williams and a Noah Vonleh who will remember the trip significantly hampered the Sixers pivot. According to our sources, the FFBB also sent a fax to the Pennsylvania franchise to let them know that they were no longer interested in this FIBA passport story and that they would be satisfied with Alexandre Chassang in the future, and more seriously we therefore expect better from the Process and this from tomorrow evening against the Bucks, just to not see his Sixers chain a second defeat in a row against a cador from the East, never good for morale as the Creole Company sang.
26 points but 1/6 of the parking lot, fouls caused but six stray balls including one or two very infuriating and quick fouls, in short a slightly chaotic first but far from dramatic either. Response from the person concerned expected in less than 48 hours, and at worst… we will wait 24 hours more.