Who are the biggest X-factors for both teams (outside of Tatum, Brown, Embiid, Harden)?
Harris Rubenstein
This series to me is all about Tyrese Maxey. We saw in the Atlanta series that the Celtics can be vulnerable to PnR and outside of Harden, Philly doesn’t have a ton of playmakers at the guard position from those sets. Maxey looked great against Brooklyn, he’s going to have to take another leap of Philly wants to win the series. Harden clearly has some issues getting lift around the hoop, so the onus is going to fall on Maxey down the stretch of the series to be that creator in the PnR and try to attack mismatches.