Opposing teams’ scouting reports revolve around Joel Embiid — and rightfully so. The star big man is the NBA’s back-to-back scoring champ and likely the league’s MVP.
So, if you told Jacque Vaughn ahead of Game 1 that the Nets would hold Embiid to only 26 points he likely would have felt good about his team’s chances.
But the Sixers’ supporting cast — and a patient Embiid — made Brooklyn pay again and again for its aggressive double teams in a 121-101 win at the Wells Fargo Center Saturday.
A big part of the Sixers’ offensive success: throwing “strikes.