The 76ers faced the Heat at home today, although they were behind by as many as 23 points, but under the leadership of Tyrese Maxey, they rebounded from the bottom and tied in the late final quarter, but unfortunately missed many opportunities to go ahead, and the final game was swallowed up 96:101.
The Heat finished 58:49 in the first half, and in fact the Heat took a 19-point lead in the second quarter, with 76ers coach Doc Rivers bluntly saying after the game that both the offensive and defensive ends were bad. The Heat continued to lead in the third quarter, with Gabe Vincent's jumper of 6:55 helping the team reach their game-high 23-point lead.
However, the 76ers, led by guard Maxi, gradually narrowed the score, he contributed 15 points in the second half, the 76ers tied 96:96 with Tobias Harris's three-pointer in 1 minutes and 24 seconds, but then Harris also missed the opportunity to reverse the attack foul, after Vincent hit the three-pointer, Joel Embiid did not score 2 key shots, missed the opportunity again, and the Heat was after Kyle Lowry made 2 free throws. It won 101:96.
Both sides were missing players due to injuries, illness and triggering health and safety agreements, especially the Heat's Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo, and the 76ers Georges Niang and Caleb Martin triggered the health and safety agreement.
The Heat scored 26 points, Duncan Robinson had 21 points and eight rebounds, Kyle Lowry had 14 points, P.J. Tucker) 12 points, Dewayne Dedmon 10 points and 14 rebounds. For the 76ers, Maxi had 27 points, Harris 24 and Embiid had 17 points and 14 rebounds.