After more than half a year with no deployment, Joel Embiid beats up the Nets impressively in just 15 minutes, infecting his team.The Rockets show that they are not only made up of Chris Paul and James Harden.The Celtics take the next victory despite an inconspicuous Daniel Theis.
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Fourth game, fourth victory for Celtics – but since a large part of the roster has been replaced this summer, the preseason is going pretty well for the Greens.And the result is a bit misleading: Boston had the whole match under control and was already leading at halftime with 19 points.This was also due to the fact that the starters got most of their minutes in the first half.
With the exception of No. 3-Pick Jayson Tatum (8 points), every Celtics starter scored double-digit, Kyrie Irving was top scorer with 16 points, but Uncle Drew also distributed 10 assists.Al Horford also showed an outstanding performance with 15 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 3/3 threesomes.The bank, on the other hand, didn’t present itself so strongly in this game and allowed the Hornets to come back a bit in the end.Daniel Theis also remained quite inconspicuous (11 minutes, 2 points and 2 rebounds, 1/3 FG).
In the Hornets, the Starting Five was relatively unlikely to come together, with the exception of Dwayne Bacon, each starter had a plus/minus rating of at least -15.The best man was Rookie Malik Monk, who scored 21 points from the bank.However, it also had a completely green light (7/18 FG).
Marcus Smart from the Celtics, however, concluded:”The way we’re playing at the moment, it seems as if we’ve been playing together for quite a long time.”
Since the end of January, Joel Embiid had not been on an NBA court any more.His comeback against the Nets also marked his first bet since his lucrative contract renewal with the Sixers.And this could hardly have been more impressive!Embiid was only on the field for 15 minutes, but in these he scored 22 points (4/9 FG, 14/18 FT), 7 rebounds and 3 blocks.He also took Allen Crabbe with a more than spectacular block of bad guys.The process is back!
The dominance of the Cameroonian also infected the remaining sixers.In a game where there was hardly any defence, Philly had already scored 76 points by the middle of the game and had clearly dictated what was going on.In addition to Embiid, Dario Saric was mainly responsible for this development, who achieved an outstanding 26 points (10/14 FG) and 9 rebounds in just 24 minutes.J. J.Redick added up to a strong 18 points.
While Top-Pick Markelle Fultz was only allowed to watch, the playmaking was meanwhile done by Ben Simmons (9 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists) and T. J.McConnell (10 points, 7 assists) were taken over.The man of the day was of course another:”It felt great to go out and win again….The future looks bright. #TheProcess,”Embiid wrote on Twitter.
In the overtaxed Nets D’ Angelo Russell was the top scorer with 24 points, Caris LeVert came from the bank to 16 points.
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