On January 16, Beijing time, the NBA focus game, the Heat against the 76ers, Butler led the team against the old club. The Heat played well in the first half, but the 76ers went on to beat the score in the second half, and Embiid continued to work hard in the final quarter, and the 76ers won 109-98. Embiid had 32 points, 12 boards and three assists, Harris also had 22 points and eight boards, and Curry Jr. had 21 points. And the Heat's Jurther Cevenn 22 points and 11 boards, Butler 8 points and 9 assists, 11 shots, Lowry 8 points and 7 assists, 11 shots 2 of 2, this group of Heat double giants 22 shots 3, the shooting rate is also too poor. And because the Nets won not long ago, the Nets also temporarily rose back to second place in the East.
Curry Jr. started with five straight points, the Heat scored on the inside, and seeing behind, Butler threw a 2+1 shot to score. Embiid scored in response, Maxi scored, and then Curry Jr. scored three points. The Heat's Yutsevin and Strus both stepped up to score, and Hiro also scored on the layup after playing. Butler hit 2 free throws and rebounded. The 76ers attacked the dud, Hiro even scored, martin finally scored a layup, and the Heat led by nine points. The 76ers didn't score for more than 4 minutes, and Harris rushed to break the scoring drought in the second quarter. Both teams defended heavily, with the Heat countering the dunks in steals, Martin scoring multiple times, and Dunroe hitting three-pointers to lead by 10 points. Embiid rushed to score, Harris also hit a three-pointer, the 76ers chased the points in a row, Embiid scored a layup, only one point away. The Heat scored free throws, counter-attacks, Tucker inside hookers, and finally hit three-point shots to lead by seven points.
The Momentum of the Heat is still very strong, and this defensive intensity is really good. Tucker hit another three-pointer in the third quarter, Embiid scored on a free throw, and the Heat had three more points, and Lowry hit a three-pointer to lead by 12 points. Harris and Curry Jr. quickly scored in response, Embiid hit back, and the Heat immediately scored in response. Embiid continued to score from the basket, and Curry Jr. also chased the three-point shot. Tucker scored in response, still leading by 10 points. Curry Jr. continued to hit three-point shots, Embiid also made a jump shot, Hiro won the jump shot, Embiid scored again, and Niang hit a three-point shot to tie the score. Martin's three-pointer stopped bleeding, Harris dunked with ease, and Curry Jr. also hit a three-pointer to take a two-point lead.
The Heat's outside three-pointers were too poor, Dunroe's hand was sluggish, and Butler didn't play well. The Heat scored first in the fourth quarter to tie the score, Harris made a 2+1 layup, and then the 76ers scored five consecutive points to stop the Heat. Martin grabbed the board to make up the layup, Hiro hit a three-pointer, and the Heat responded. Embiid hit a jumper, Yutsevin hit a dunk, and Niang hit a three-pointer, Hiro made 2 free throws, and after Embiid hit a shot, Yutsevin scored 2+1 and chased for 3 points. Embiid hit 2 free throws to stabilize the score. Embiid then played 2+1 again, and the emperor exerted his strength. Butler made 1 of 2 free throws and the Heat wasted too many chances, embiid hit a back-up shot. Niang also had three points, leading by 12 points. Butler hit 2 free throws, and the Heat didn't want to give up yet. However, Embiid made up the basket and won the game.
The game was fierce enough and both sides played brilliantly defensively. The Heat are one of the most defensively intensive teams in the league, Butler, Tucker and Lowry are defensive champions, and the other role players are also very defensive, even without Adebayo, they can still keep the 76ers without high scores. However, the Heat also have to solve their own offense! Their offensive state this time is not good, especially on the three-point line, the feel is too poor, the whole team shot a lot of three-pointers, the result did not shoot many, three-point pitcher Dunroe constantly hit iron, Butler and Lowry are also playing iron, the efficiency of the two home stars is very low.
So the Heat's offense also gave the 76ers a chance, and they managed to chase the score back in the second half. Harris paddled for a long time, did not expect this game to break out, Curry Jr. also hit three points many times, the two three points are comparable to the Heat's entire team. Butler and Lowry are really not in shape, on the contrary, Embiid has stood up and scored many times in key moments and successfully won the game. After the Heat lost this time, the ranking of the East changed again, the second place in the East changed hands again, the Nets rose back to the second place in the East, and the top 4 in the East were 27 wins at the same time, which is also interesting.