Daily News | Joel Embiid’s MVP push, starting lineup among Sixers storylines to watch down NBA’s stretch run
Here are five Sixers storylines to watch down the stretch of the regular season.It was a big deal when Embiid won last season’s scoring title at 30.6 points per game, becoming the first center since Shaquille O’Neal in 2000 to lead the NBA in that category. He is averaging evenpoints this season , and currently sits two-tenths of a point behind the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic for the league’s lead.while nearly matching his career best in assists .
and concussion that kept him out of the first two games of their Eastern Conference semifinal loss to the Miami Heat.It’s been more than a month since Maxey moved into a sixth-man role, keeping De’Anthony Melton in the starting five as a backcourt defensive boost. Yet it’s fair to wonder if coach Doc Rivers will stick with that look for the remainder of the season.
Who closes games for the Sixers is more important than who starts. Rivers has regularly gone with MaxeyMelton as part of a three-guard lineup, and also has other defense-first options that include P.J. Tucker or even new wing Jalen McDaniels.The Sixers’ primary roster hole was the absence of a traditional 7-footer behind Embiid, untillast week.
Their first two games following the break are against the Grizzlies, who are in second place in the Western Conference standings, and the Celtics, who are atop the East and blasted the Sixers on Feb. 8 despite missing four starters for at least part of that game. Then, 12 of the Sixers’ 17 March games are on the road, with four back-to-backs .
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