Daily News | Sixers-Wizards takeaways: Better pace, ball movement needed if Joel Embiid plays, James Harden gets assists satisfaction, leads still dwindle
WASHINGTON — The 76ers need to find ways to sustain their tempo and ball movement when Joel Embiid plays. James Harden is as satisfied compiling assists as he is scoring baskets. And the Sixers have to do a better job of holding onto leads.
Standing 7-foot-2 and listed at 280 pounds, Embiid takes up a lot of space and draws a lot of attention. “We do at times,” he said. “We did it the other night. We did in the first quarter and then we lost our pace. He had very little to do with that. We’ve just got to sustain the play.”“The more stops we get the freer we can play even with big fellas on the court,” Maxey said. “The big fellas, he likes to play fast. He’s willing to play fast. So that’s not his problem. We just got to get stops. That’s our biggest thing. Once we get stops, you can see in the Chicago game we got stops early.
The 17 assists Harden had against the Wizards were the most he has had since recording 17 as a Brooklyn Net against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 23, 2021. But he also added that he gets as much satisfaction from producing assists as he does scoring the ball.
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