Miami Heat vs Philadelphia 76ers - 2nd round (Let's discuss)

[CLS63]

After Embiid returned to the team, he led an explosion in his first game against the Heat, and from that moment on I thought the Heat was not able to handle it and the problems with the team in the regular season could be repeated. However, the Heat resisted and managed to win the series 4-2, which I didn't expect at all. I wonder if the 76ers would have wanted the Harden trade again if they went back in time.

[Yaunfitda]

After Embiid returned to the team, he led an explosion in his first game against the Heat, and from that moment on I thought the Heat was not able to handle it and the problems with the team in the regular season could be repeated. However, the Heat resisted and managed to win the series 4-2, which I didn't expect at all. I wonder if the 76ers would have wanted the Harden trade again if they went back in time.

The Heat had a hard time, losing back to back games when Joel went back. However, they adjusted already, made him work a bit in the next 2 games but still they lost to the Heat. You have to appreciate coach Spo strategy, not pushing Bam to his limit in the series and taking him out while Embiid is still on the floor and instead have Dedmon deal with Joel's physically. We don't know if they are going to trade Harden or not, he seems to contribute in this series is that they faces the top seed in the East.

[Vaculin]

After Embiid returned to the team, he led an explosion in his first game against the Heat, and from that moment on I thought the Heat was not able to handle it and the problems with the team in the regular season could be repeated. However, the Heat resisted and managed to win the series 4-2, which I didn't expect at all. I wonder if the 76ers would have wanted the Harden trade again if they went back in time.

Heat was surprised but eventually they were able to make the right adjustment. Good thing with heat is that they were able to lead the series with 2-0 and based on the stats, when a team leads 2-0 they won the series 80% most of the time IIRC.

[DukeNickle]

To tell the truth, the last game of the series ended in an unexpected way to me. Because I was pretty sure about Sixers to destroy Heat and make the series tied 3-3. As they had Embiid in this game, I was feeling confident about seeing this kind of a result. But completely the opposite scenario happened and Heat won 99-90. Jimmy Butler's performance had a big role in this win by the way. He performed great by 32 points. I'm afraid that Embiid (20 points) and Harden's (11 points) performances were quite poor that they couldn't carry the series to the seventh game.

[Jating]

I will go with the 76ers here even at ML, their back is against the wall, but they have been performing good at this homecourt so I think they can still win one and force a decider against the top seed.

Some players have been stepping up, likes of Green and Maxey and Harris , while the Heat is struggling and it was only Butler who are consistent in this series. Lowry look not 100% still, and Herro and Robinson is not shooting the ball very well in their last 2 game.

Yeah im going aswell with 76ers they have a really good chance at home to win against Miami Heat. But Heat are still looking really good,but i think we will see the first series with a 7 matches and a deciding one. Huge advantage still for 76ers is that they are playing at home

Totally wrong with my prediction, I thought that the 76ers will try to even the series at home. But they started very slow and not hitting their shots but they briefly got the lead in the second quarter but not enough. And they lost it already in the 3rd quarter. Coach Rivers though doesn't want to put a blame on James Harden so maybe we can see him play along Joel Embiid for one season next year and see how it goes before we can hear trade talks.

[Ziskinberg]

I will go with the 76ers here even at ML, their back is against the wall, but they have been performing good at this homecourt so I think they can still win one and force a decider against the top seed.

Some players have been stepping up, likes of Green and Maxey and Harris , while the Heat is struggling and it was only Butler who are consistent in this series. Lowry look not 100% still, and Herro and Robinson is not shooting the ball very well in their last 2 game.

Yeah im going aswell with 76ers they have a really good chance at home to win against Miami Heat. But Heat are still looking really good,but i think we will see the first series with a 7 matches and a deciding one. Huge advantage still for 76ers is that they are playing at home

Totally wrong with my prediction, I thought that the 76ers will try to even the series at home. But they started very slow and not hitting their shots but they briefly got the lead in the second quarter but not enough. And they lost it already in the 3rd quarter. Coach Rivers though doesn't want to put a blame on James Harden so maybe we can see him play along Joel Embiid for one season next year and see how it goes before we can hear trade talks.

And coach Rivers said he did a terrific job. LOL
https://sports.yahoo.com/doc-rivers-think-terrific-job-095323426.html?src=rss

It was a disappointing season for the 76ers, but that was due to Embiids injury, so I expect to see the same line up next season, and probably they will be with the same coach if the management believe that Rivers did a terrific job.

[onetwostep]

After Embiid returned to the team, he led an explosion in his first game against the Heat, and from that moment on I thought the Heat was not able to handle it and the problems with the team in the regular season could be repeated. However, the Heat resisted and managed to win the series 4-2, which I didn't expect at all. I wonder if the 76ers would have wanted the Harden trade again if they went back in time.

I predicted from the very beginning that the Miami Heat would beat their opponent, as I predicted, the first finalist of the eastern conference was the Miami Heat. They played better than their opponents, in fact, it was clear that they were going to the final with the win in the previous match.
Let's see who will be their opponent in the final

[lulumiya]

Sixers did the best thing they could but I'm afraid it wasn't enough for a victory. They lost even a home game and were eliminated by 4-2 in total. Heat really deserved it because they took advantage of any opening during the series. Sixers need to improve themselves more in time to achieve bigger things. They have a potential to become the champions in a season too but they can't do this by this level of effort.