On December 31, Beijing time, the NBA ushered in a focus battle in the East, by the First Nets in the East to meet the sixth-ranked 76ers, after several individual games, Harden finally waited for Durant's return today. The biggest challenge facing the Nets today is how to limit Embiid's play, after all, with the Nets' current weak interior defense, it is very difficult to make Embiid play.
Today's starting lineups for the two teams are: Nets - Harden, Mills, Durant, Aldridge, Claxton; 76ers - Maxi, Curry, Sable, Harris, Embiid.
Section 1:
Clarkston came up in good shape, first giving Embiid a block on the defensive end, and then scoring points from the basket on the offensive end, successfully completing an attack and a defense. However, Harden's subsequent attempts to hit the basket ended in failure, and the 76ers used Embiid and Curry Jr. to directly help the team take a 10-2 lead. At 9:55, the Nets chose to pause.
Back in the game, the Nets continued to miss several consecutive offenses, but Durant's three-point shot helped stabilize the situation. The two teams played very fast today, and the overall tactics were very simple, that is, to use their core scoring points to guide the team, and with Durant hitting three-point shots again, the Nets successfully chased the score to 15-18. After the 76ers failed to succeed in several offenses, the Nets directly played a wave of 12-2 scoring, directly completing the score reversal. At 4 minutes and 45 seconds, the 76ers chose to pause.
Coming back from the timeout, Embiid began to exert his strength, first from the outside three-point shot, and then a very tough two consecutive 2+1, with his consecutive cut points, the 76ers 33-26, again took a seven-point lead. The Nets played a bit chaotically, and were snatched by opponents one after another. And the Nets' interior defense is still sparse, Embiid and Zhuang Shen took turns to educate Griffin under the basket, dunks, strong punches, completely hit Griffin has no ability to fight back, and the point difference has also come to 11 points.
Fortunately, Griffin hit a three-pointer on the offensive end, which was a little contribution, helping the Nets chase the point difference back to single digits. The final first quarter ended with the 76ers leading the Nets by eight points 39-31. The Nets made too many mistakes in the first quarter, with the whole team adding up to 6 turnovers, and the overall offensive rhythm was very unsmooth. On the 76ers side, Embiid was unstoppable, scoring 16 points in the first quarter and completely beating the Nets' defense to death.
Section 2:
The Nets began to let Harden rush down the basket to create damage, which really worked well, and he had 6 free throw opportunities in more than a quarter. However, the Nets still did not solve the problem of their own mistakes, coupled with the fact that the defense of the inside line is still very hot, the opponent can easily complete the basket score, and the point difference between the two teams remains above 10 points. At 6 minutes and 56 seconds, the game entered the official suspension time. During Durant's absence, the Nets offense was really difficult.
The timeout came back and Durant returned to play. He was directly an assist plus a steady hit to help the Nets chase the score to 41-47. During this time, the 76ers' shooting rate began to decline sharply, and the outside three-point line was basically unable to hit. Ade then played 2+1 very tough against Embiid, and the difference between the two teams was only 3 points. Then Embiid played a bit up, has been doing his own wild work, want to get back on the field, but unfortunately lack of shooting rate, the Nets had the opportunity to reverse the score, but unfortunately the key moment is a continuous mistake, the two teams played 47 draws.
Coming back from the timeout, Embiid finally seized the opportunity under the basket and successfully played 2+1. The two teams then fell into a scuffle, with the 76ers picking up points in a chaotic manner and once again taking a four-point lead. But then Duha hit a shot separately, and the score of the two teams reached 52. However, Embiid directly responded to the three-pointer, and finally the half ended, the 76ers 55-54, one point ahead of the Nets.
In fact, the 76ers' overall shooting in this quarter is not good, and Embiid has been very up for a while. This was the Nets' best chance to extend the score, but unfortunately, the constant mistakes made them bury a lot of opportunities to get points, and the Nets had 14 mistakes in the first half, which made Nash on the sidelines very headache.
Section 3:
The shooting percentage of the two teams is still not high, and they have not hit a shot with several shooting attempts. However, Harden then began to exert his strength, he successfully played 2+1, and the Nets successfully completed the rebound of the score, helping the Nets to get a 2-point lead. The scores of the two teams have been tightly clenched, and the referee's whistle has been given very frequently. At 6 minutes and 37 seconds, the official time of suspension has arrived.
As the game continued, Durant went straight to the top, with two accurate three-point shots that helped the Nets gain a lead once again, making the score 78-71. At 03:48, the 76ers chose to pause. Griffin is very autistic today, and there is no way to face Embiid's strong beating, only to pay the price of fouls. The 76ers then hit four consecutive three-pointers to complete the score reversal. The final third quarter ended with the 76ers 84-84, two points ahead of the Nets.
Section 4:
As the final quarter came up, the Nets attacked a couple of times that were very unsmooth, and Mills was a little too sticky. Fortunately, Harden got the points in time to help the Nets stabilize the situation and chase the score to 85-86. Then Harden was a very strong breakthrough score, and the Nets 87-86 once again completed the rebound. But the Nets began to make mistakes again at key moments, and the 76ers once again achieved a rebound with Curry's three-pointers. At 6 minutes and 16 seconds, the game entered a timeout.
Back from the timeout, the Nets used Durant's play to tie the score, and the two teams became 91 draws. At 5 minutes and 26 seconds, the 76ers chose to pause. The Emperor returned to inflict a foul on Durant, taking the lead again after 1 of 2 free throws. At the critical moment, the 76ers' three-pointers began to threaten, and with Curry's hand knife falling, the Nets have fallen behind to 7 points. The final stage of the Nets can really be said to be a big crash, completely let the 76ers suppress, and finally lost to the 76ers at home 102-110. Embiid was still very arrogant after the game, constantly provoking the Fans' home fans, which can be said to be a mockery.
Duha is united in his heart, and his strength is broken
Today, durant and Harden's duo is completely full of firepower, and has been leading the team's attack since the game began. Harden constantly pounded the inside line to create damage, and Durant was a precise shot from the outside. Whenever the 76ers started to pull the score, the two were always able to stand up at key moments and take points.
Especially in the final quarter, when teammates had no way to count on, Durant and Harden began to take over the team's offense completely, and both helped the Nets to always hold the score tightly, although it was very difficult, but the two were still struggling to support. In the end, the Nets still could not get the victory, both of them got 33 points today, and Harden also got a three-double, but had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit.