Daily News | Sixers vs. Timberwolves takeaways: MVPiid, bounce-back defense, Harris’ rebounding
MINNEAPOLIS – Joel Embiid appears to be the NBA players’ choice for MVP.These three things stood out inIt’s not uncommon to hear NBA players say that Embiid is the league’s MVP.Advertisement
“I look up at my trainer,” Edwards said of Embiid, “and he just said, ‘You gotta tilt your hat to greatness.’ He was great tonight.”Defensive stops “We just got more physical, I thought.” Harris said of the defensive improvement. “We were able to switch more, were able to really limit them out there.”
“We just kept guys in front of us,” Harris said. “What are they? Third or fourth in the league in the paint? We kept them out of the paint. I think that was the difference in the game for us.”
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