NBA Star Power Index: LeBron James fighting uphill battle; Joel Embiid, DeMar DeRozan continue clutch mastery
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Also, Damian Lillard feels disrespected, and Karl-Anthony Towns is letting his emotion hang out
Welcome back to NBA Star Power Index: A weekly gauge of the players getting the most buzz around the league. Inclusion on this list isn't necessarily a good thing -- it simply means you're capturing the NBA world's attention. This is also not a ranking. The players listed are in no particular order. This column will run every week throughout the regular season.
Embiid choked the life out of the Celtics down the stretch on Monday, scoring 17 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter as the Sixers ground out a win. Embiid has not shot well from the midrange, dipping from elite territory last season to sub-50th percentile overall, per Cleaning the Glass, and just the 37th percentile from 4-14 feet. But he certainly found his form on these jumpers Monday night:
Let's take another look at all the angles of that dagger with the Sixers up two and under 15 seconds to play:
