One guy. Each team. 20 points. One guy. Each team. 20 points. If you say it enough it will happen. It's really that easy tonight, and based off the performances in Game 1 of both series, theres no reason it wont happen again.
Let's kick things off with Philly and Miami.
A number he’s cleared in his last two games played. In the playoffs when something works, you don’t deviate from the plan. Bam went HAM in game 1 shooting 8-of-10 from the field and 8-for-8 from the FT line. Expect Bam to see the rock early and often against D’Andre Jordan as Miami can grab a 2-0 lead. This could be the last one Philly plays without Embiid so Miami does NOT want to squander this one on their home floor.
Let’s face it, the sixers need to make up for roughly 30 a game with embiid sidelined and as we’ve seen, its not coming from Harden. Harris is shooting a lot as of late, his last 3 games have seen him attempt 16, 15, and 18 FG. 27 points last game and he's ready to shoulder the load again as the sixers try to even this series up heading home.
Now that we’re gonna be 2 legs down lets see whats cooking for the night game.
Centers vs the Mavs, a tale as old as time. Like Peanut Butter and Jelly, like pineapple on pizza. Two things that just go together. Dallas puts up the 23 rd ranked D vs the C position and has cleared 20 in 4/L5. With 25 in game 1 on 25 FG attempts I expect the Suns offense to get the big man involved again. Through 7 playoff games Ayton has gone over 20 points in 5 of them, and one that fell short was 19.
His line is 18.5, but obviously I went for the 20 for symmetry. Would have easily cleared this in Game 1 if not for ridiculous foul trouble that had him pinned to the bench in the 2 nd quarter. Still managed 13 points on 6/16 shooting as it turned into the Luka show. Game 2 will be back to the gameplan that saw Brunson go over 20 in six straight playoff games.
