The Post’s Brian Lewis breaks down the matchups in the Nets-76ers first-round NBA playoff series, which begins Saturday in Philadelphia.
The second James Harden forced his way out of Brooklyn last season — and down the Turnpike to Philadelphia — there has been the tantalizing potential for the Nets and 76ers to actually play games against each other that count. Playoff games.of their Eastern Conference first-round series.
Facing the two-headed monster of their own former star teammate and the two-time reigning scoring champion?Mikal Bridges goes up for a dunk during a recent game.After trading away the midrange mastery of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the Nets had to find other ways to score. Despite the presence of Embiid, the 76ers are a subpar rebounding team, but that doesn’t matter because the Nets are aspiring to be just subpar.
Embiid’s career average of 8.1 makes is the best in NBA history, and his 10.0 this season is just the seventh campaign ever in double-figures.76ers’ James Harden isn’t over criticism of trade from Nets
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