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Anyone who’s watched Joel Embiid in the postseason knows that the superstar can elevate his game to another level of intensity. Though sometimes Embiid takes it easy defensively during the regular season to maintain his stamina and protect against injury, when playoff time comes around, he ratchets his effort and commitment on that end up a notch; offensively, there’s barely another level for the MVP candidate to reach, but Embiid continues to be his wildly efficient self.
Now that BBall Index has released their latest updates to LEBRON, their cutting-edge statistic measuring player impact on both ends of the floor relative to an average player, the data reflects Embiid’s dominant playoff impact.