Joel Embiid's Playoff Woes Continue
Joel Embiid has yet again failed to impress and play to his high regular season standards in the playoffs. The MVP winner has seen a substantial stats drop once again in the playoffs this year with his points per game dropping 33.1PPG to 23.7PPG and when it came down to the pressure moment in Game 7 against the Celtics once again the lights were too bright as he could only notch 15 points on 27.7% shooting from the floor. But why is this happening? Unlike other playoff chokers such as DeMar DeRozan, Embiid seems to struggle in a different sort of capacity. When we'd see DeMar come up short time and time again against LeBron and the Cavs he would seemingly fail to hit shots in the same positions and scenarios as he was making with ease in the regular season, in his case it seemed to be more a mental block and an inability to overcome the pressure and expectations placed upon his shoulders. With Embiid however, it's his whole offensive play style which just seems to not suit t