1. Provide help defense on Joel Embiid early and often. Embiid's high usage rate means he is going to score regardless, and he has even added moves to his repertoire, like a step-back jumper that he can go to comfortably from 15-feet. But if you make him see multiple defenders and force him to be unsettled, you can harass him into poor shooting nights like Boston did (Embiid shot 9-for-21 on Tuesday night). There were plays where as soon as Embiid took one or two dribbles, a help defender—even a guard—was flying in to go for block shot opportunities.
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