Coup’s Takeaways: Embiid, 76ers Surge In Second Half

1. One of those games where the HEAT were the better team for most of the early going, but because their three-point shooting was having the rare off night (9-of-35 overall) they were never up by as much as their play would indicate they should be. Because of that, the 76ers were one run away from taking the lead at the end of the third quarter, and from there everything was up for grabs.

And Joel Embiid happened to grab all of it. He scored 13 points in the fourth quarter (32 points on 22 shots overall) and thwarted just about every coverage the HEAT tossed his way. Even when the HEAT downsized to juice the offense with P.J. Tucker at center, compensating by sending double teams at Embiid,…