Daily News | Joel Embiid needs to rest during the stretch run — but the Sixers can’t survive without him
at the Amway Center, a game where he was forced to log 41 minutes.
Harden has been a step slow while mostly struggling to hit shots in after being a lethal scorer and playmaker in his first four games as a Sixer. The 10-time All-Star shot combined 8-for-36 against the Nets on Thursday and the Magic Sunday. Then he missed five of seven first-half attempts on Monday before going 4-for-4 in the second half. However, Harden only managed two shots in the fourth quarter.Meanwhile, the Sixers’ bench has been the team’s Achilles’ heel.
Embiid and power forward Tobias Harris were perhaps the only consistent positives during the three-game stretch where the Sixers were humiliated by the Nets, barely beat the conference’s last-place Magic and blew a 19-point lead in a loss to the Nuggets. Denver had a 29-11 edge in fast break points. This comes after the Sixers were outscored 19-3 against the Magic and 28-8 versus Brooklyn, respectively, in fast break points.
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