Saturday, May 21, 2022

Bam

Bam Adebayo has now played six games since Joel Embiid returned to Miami's second-round series against Philadelphia. He's scored 12 or fewer points in five of them. This isn't a big enough sample to suggest anything overarching about Adebayo as a playoff performer, but he's just not doing much to create his own shots against centers that he can't punish through his sheer athletic advantage. Maybe he's injured. Maybe he needs Lowry to set him up more than we realize. But right now, Adebayo just isn't scoring.