An NBA regular season focus battle, the Miami Heat away to challenge the Philadelphia 76ers. In the end, the Heat beat their opponents 101-96. After this game, the Heat finished 17-12 and ranked fifth in the East. The 76ers suffered two straight losses, 15-14 in seventh place.
In the first quarter after the opening, the First to erupt was the Heat, who blasted 29 points in a single quarter and only let their opponents score 18 points, establishing a double-digit advantage. In the second quarter, the Heat remained efficient, but the opponent recovered across the board, eventually 29-31 was chased back by 2 points, and still walked into the locker room with a 9-point lead at halftime. The Heat's efficiency began to decline, but the 76ers did not play the second quarter of madness, so that the two quarters were 23-21, 20-26, and the Heat saved the fruits of victory.
The Heat's starting five all scored in double figures, and Vincent recorded a maximum of 26 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, and his plus-minus was as high as +21. In addition, Duncan Robinson also had 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Kyle Lowry 14 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, PJ Tucker 12 points and 4 rebounds, and Dedmund 10 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. No one on the bench had double-figures, Strus had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Yutsevin had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Okpala had 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Garrett also played, but did not score, only grabbed 2 rebounds.
In this game, the Heat can be said to be a brutal opponent, they lack three stars, Jimmy Butler, Adebayo and Taylor Hiro, it can be said that at least half of the combat effectiveness has been lost. But despite this, the Heat are still capable of beating the 76ers, which also shows their iron blood and tenacity, and Miami is not a good team.
The 9 people who played in the Heat, although there are also stars like Lowry, but if you talk about their origins, their draft picks are not high, and even most of them are not drafted. Lowry's 24th pick was already the highest, With Okpala's 32nd pick, Tucker's 35th pick, and the remaining 6 men, Dedmond, Vincent, Ute Severn, Duncan Robinson, Strus and Garrett, all of whom lost the draft, but the 6 men combined with 71 men, which was awe-inspiring.