On January 8, Beijing time, the NBA game continued, and today, the league arranged 9 sets of showdowns, and teams like Philadelphia, Bucks, Raptors and other teams won the game. Philadelphia was in good shape, facing the Western Fish Belly Spurs, Embiid did not have a soft hand, cut 30 +10 to lead the team to win. In the showdown between the Bucks and the Nets, the defending champion was superior, and Alphabet Brother and Middleton teamed up to blow up the Nets, and the Nets were double-killed and lost to the Bucks 109-121. The Raptors beat the Jazz 122-108, the Jazz's core players did not play, and the Raptors' Van Jordan exploded.
Let's take a look at the philadelphia and Spurs showdown, this game, Embiid led the team to a big victory. In the first half, Philadelphia completely blew up the Spurs, leading by 20 points in the first quarter at 39-19, and the game seemed to have lost suspense. In the last three quarters, the Spurs began to chase points, but it was difficult to form a strong offensive wave, and into the fourth quarter, the Spurs were still 17 points behind. Embiid led the team very steadily, not giving the opponent too many opportunities, and in the end, Philadelphia won 119-100 against the Spurs, winning six consecutive games and returning to its best form.
Philadelphia's Embiid cut 31 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, Harris 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Curry Jr. 23 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Philadelphia's new Big Three is extremely powerful and looks very effective. Spurs' Murray had 27 points, five rebounds and nine assists, Pelter had 17 points and six rebounds, and Lonnie Walker had 13 points, four rebounds and two assists. The Spurs are already one of the worst teams in the West, with a high probability of missing out on the playoffs this season, and Philadelphia has a good chance of competing for the title if they can use Simmons to get a forward player to assist Embiid.
The Nets and Bucks face each other head-on, and the game is very eye-catching. However, the process was unexpected, and the Nets were missing Irving and were hanged the whole time. The Nets were already 11 points behind in the first half, and the third quarter was blasted by Alphabet Brother and Middleton, a single quarter blast 38-31 score, the point difference to 18 points, it seems that the fourth quarter has become garbage time, according to Nash's coaching style, should have given up early. The Bucks have cut 20+ with 3 people in the third quarter, and Durant is struggling to support himself without helpers.
In the final quarter, Nash sent substitutes early and gave up the game. In the end, the Nets lost again, without Irving, and the performance was too crotch-pulling. The Nets' Durant played 37 minutes, 10-of-19 shooting, 29 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, the performance has been perfect, Harden 16 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists on 6-of-15 shooting, Claxton 14 points and 6 rebounds, Thomas 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Aldridge only played 9 minutes to have 2 points and 1 rebound. The Bucks' alphabet brother scored 31 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, Portis 25 points and 12 rebounds, and Middleton 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
The game between the Raptors and the Jazz, from the perspective of strength, is definitely stronger for the Jazz, but the Jazz have let mitchell, Gobert, Conley, Ingles and other core players, all of whom have taken a break and sent a full bench to play, even so, the Jazz still caused a lot of trouble for the Raptors. In the first quarter, the Jazz blew up the Raptors 40-25, which was too powerful, but in the third quarter, the Raptors returned to 45-30 and reversed the decline in one fell swoop. In the final quarter, the Raptors played steadily and finally achieved a big reversal, defeating the Western Conference Jazz.
The Raptors' VanVleet exploded, cutting a big triple-double of 37 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and Van Jordan had a good chance of getting into the All-Star, playing the best season of his career so far. Anunoby had 22 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Siakam had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Trent had 10 points, 1 assist and 3 blocks. The Jazz's Pascal had 29 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Whiteside had 7 points and 7 rebounds, and substitute House had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. It looks like House has a chance to be one of the Jazz's key rotation players.
Speaking of today's best players, Embiid 31+12+7, Alphabet Brother 31+7+9, Durant 29+9+7! They all have a chance to compete for today's best, but Van Jordan's performance is really too good, he is the most eye-catching star today, cutting a super triple double of 37+10+10, he is the real Jordan, hitting at least 4 three-pointers in 7 consecutive games, the first person in raptors history. VanVleet was named the best player of the day, well deserved.