On January 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, Philadelphia hosted the Spurs. Philadelphia took the initiative from the start, quickly widening the point difference to double digits, taking a 21-point lead. Although the Spurs were briefly trailing to within 10 points in the second quarter, Philadelphia soon pulled the gap again under Embiid. Philadelphia maintained a double-digit lead and didn't give the Spurs any chance to fight back. In the end, Philadelphia won 119-100 at home to the Spurs, winning six straight.
Statistics
Spurs: Team 3-man double-doubles, Murray 27 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, Pelter 17 points and 6 rebounds, Primo 9 points, Forbes 7 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Diop 9 points and 5 rebounds, substitute Walker 13 points and 4 rebounds, Randall 8 points and 2 blocks
Philadelphia: Team 4 in double-doubles, 3 in 20+, Embiid 31 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, Seth Curry 23 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Harris 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Sable 12 points and 2 steals, Kolkmaz 7 points and 5 rebounds, substitute Drummond 5 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals
The Star of the Field
Embiid performed brilliantly in this game, with 31 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, plus or minus of 25, and the efficiency value was also the highest in the team, which was the best player in the Philadelphia team.
Highlight moments
Sable received a clever dunk from Embiid
Harris scored on horseback archery
Ubanks hooked up
Peltel successfully took the Forbes pass the cake
Embiid broke through with the ball and played hard against two defenders
Kolkmaz broke through the layup with the ball and scored
Game review
At the beginning of the first quarter, Harris scored a layup in the air, taking the lead in scoring for Philadelphia. Curry threw a shot, Primo responded with a jumper, Curry and Embiid scored consecutive points, and Philadelphia started 9-2. Sable dunked, Harris scored, Diop hit a three-pointer, and Philadelphia scored six straight points, with the point difference stretched to double digits. Primo hit three-pointers, and Harris and Curry scored consecutive points. Ubanks scored four straight points, Curry hit a three-pointer, Brown scored 2+1 and Philadelphia scored seven straight points to stretch the gap beyond 20 points. Randale hit three-pointers, and Curry and Drummond scored consecutively. The first quarter ended with the Spurs trailing Philadelphia 19-39.
At the start of the second quarter, Murray scored a 2+1 layup, Harris scored consecutive points, Peltel scored a layup, and Forbes hit a three-pointer. Peltel scored consecutive points again, and the point gap was narrowed to single digits. Sebel hit a three-pointer, Embiid scored on a back-up jumper, Walker scored on a jumper, Curry hit a basket, and Embiid hit a back-throw. Walker scored four straight points, Niang hit a three-pointer, Peltel broke through and Kolkmaz scored on a basket. Philadelphia hit an 8-2 offensive surge, with Murray hitting a three-pointer and Curry responding with three. At the end of the half, the Spurs trailed Philadelphia 53-71.
Easy side to fight again. Sebel scored on a layup, Peltel and Forbes scored consecutively, Embiid scored on a layup, and Murray and Diop scored consecutive points. Murray hit a three-pointer, Kolkmaz broke through to pick a basket, Murray backhanded a layup and then advanced, Kolkmaz hit a three-pointer, and Murray responded with three points. Embiid dunked, Primo scored on a layup, Harris hit a back-back shot, Walker scored three-pointers, Philadelphia scored seven straight points and Murray scored on a jumper. Green hit a three-pointer and Walker ran to pick up the basket. The third quarter ended with the Spurs trailing Philadelphia 80-97.
At the start of the final quarter, Primo made a layup, Niang picked a basket to score, Randale hit a three-pointer, Peltel scored on a jumper, and the Spurs narrowed the gap to 12 points. Harris broke through, Curry hit a jumper and Murray scored four straight points. Embiid made a layup, Diop threw in the shot and Green hit a three-pointer. The Spurs were never able to recover the point difference, and the game went on to 3 minutes and 52 seconds, and the team replaced the main force and announced that it would abandon the game. In the end, Philadelphia won a big victory at home.
Both sides started
Spurs: De Chantai Murray, Forbes, Primo, Diop, Peltel
Philadelphia: Kolkmaz, Seth Curry, Sable, Harris, Embiid
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)