The Division of Victories meets
The Bulls and Raptors' winning streak was over, and the team with the longest winning streak in the East became the Philadelphia 76ers, followed by the Charlotte Hornets. Both teams have been in great form lately, with the 76ers relying largely on Embiid's dominance on the inside, while the Hornets rely on teamwork and the league's top three-pointers. The 76ers are a defensive team, but their three-point shots and shots are only in the bottom four of the league.
The Hornets' defense was terrible, conceding points per game in the league's second-to-last, but the team averaged second in the league in terms of three-point shooting per game and second in the league in points per game. One team is good at attacking, one team is good at defense, and both teams are in the winning streak stage, and the confrontation between them is naturally a focus battle.
The Wasp crushed 76 people
At the beginning of the first quarter, the two teams showed their offensive talent, Hayward shot 6 of 6 in a single quarter, bombed 15 points and 3 assists, Lamelo Ball also had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and the Hornets scored 34 points in the first quarter, but still lagged behind, because the Philadelphia 76ers scored 35 points, including Embiid 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. The two teams arguably split evenly in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, the game was completely one-sided. Hayward is still playing, taking 7 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 3-of-3 shooting.
Bridges and Rozier also found the feel, and the Hornets scored 30 points in the second quarter, and the team's talent was vividly displayed. However, the 76ers fell into a scoring drought, scoring only 15 points in a single quarter, so at the end of the half, the Hornets led the 76ers by 14 points at 64-50. In the second half, the Hornets began to decline, although Lamelo Ball had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, but the team only scored 21 points, while Embiid had 9 points and 3 rebounds, leading the 76ers to successfully narrow the point difference to 9 points, finally returning to single digits.
Embiid was reluctant to give up in the final quarter of the game, but Bridges continued to rush to the basket, with 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal, Rozier also hit 2 three-pointers, and the 76ers had a three-minute scoring drought, and finally fell short. The Charlotte Hornets beat the Philadelphia 76ers 109-98 on the road to end their opponent's seven-game winning streak.
The dark horse in the east is unreasonable
Embiid tried his best, as the 76ers star, 31 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists on 10-of-17 shooting, what more could you ask for? The 76ers scored in double figures for 5 people, but the second highest score was Harris's 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and the whole team only delivered 18 assists and 16 turnovers. The Hornets delivered 29 assists in this game, and with only 10 turnovers, the league's first assist-to-turnover team, and it was indeed worthy of the name.
Although Hayward had 30 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists on 13-of-16 shooting, Bridges had 21 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, and Rozier also had 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, the team's highest plus-minus was Lamelo Ball, who shot 5-of-16 and 8-pointers. In this game, Ball got 13 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, the data is not as good as those few, but there is only 1 mistake, as the team's main controller, there is only 1 mistake in the 8 assists of the whole game, which is undoubtedly very rare. I believe that under the leadership of Bauer, this eastern dark horse can create their own miracles.