Embiid continued his form, with the 76ers winning two straight games; Old Jan achieved a "milestone" with 26 points, and "thick eyebrows" performed badly on 16 points; Lowry snatched the savior at a critical time, and the Nets swallowed eleven consecutive losses.
Garland scored 27 points and the Cavaliers lost to the 76ers by ten points
Darius Garland's comeback did not bring the team a win, 93-103, the Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Philadelphia 76ers by ten points, and now they are only 0.5 wins away from the 76ers who are behind them.
Aside from Garland and Dean Wade, the Cavaliers' three-point performance can be described as cold. Eros is no longer magical, this one made four shots on the three-point line, no one hit, and the third game in the East only shot 33 percent from three-point range, which was still done with Garland shooting 50 percent and Wade shooting 40 percent, and you can imagine how bad the other role players are.
Garland averaged nearly nine assists per game in his first five games, and this time he had only 1 assist, which is certainly not a long time since he played, and his passing techniques have rusted. The main reason is that the finishing touch of the teammates is too poor. For the whole game, the Cavaliers had only 21 assists, nearly five times lower than the average last season.
Joel Embiid continued his recent fiery form, facing the league's best interior defensive group, Embiid spent 32 minutes with a super-double triple-double with 40 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, becoming the first player in team history to cut at least 40+10+10 since the "Zhang Dashuai" in 1968. Embiid's long-range shots were particularly outstanding, losing only 1 of his five shots. In the last five games, Embiid has shot 11 of 29 three-pointers, shooting 38% from the field, and his offensive performance has become more and more all-round.
James reached the milestone at the "NBA Spring Festival Gala", with Klay scoring 16 points in the final quarter
After playing the Portland Trail Blazers, the Los Angeles Lakers flew to Golden State to challenge the Second Place Golden State Warriors in the West. Before the start of this "NBA Spring Festival Gala", the Warriors and Lakers suffered two consecutive losses, so both sides are very eager to win this game.
In the first half of the game, the Los Angeles Lakers barely took the lead, and if I remember correctly, the Warriors briefly took a 15-point lead in the first half. LeBron James single-handedly attacked the girder, hitting 7 goals in 12 shots, scoring 18 points and four assists, leading the Lakers to the end of the midfield.
"Thick Eyebrows" struggled throughout the game, and against a team like the Warriors, which has a relatively poor interior defense, Anthony Davis did not play enough aggressively. In the full game, he shot 5-of-13 and scored just 16 points. Leaving aside the second quarter, the remaining three quarters, the hit rate of "thick eyebrows" in the sports war is even less than 25%. On the free throw line, the "Son of America" shot only 60 percent, lower than the Lakers' dismal free throw shooting rate of 66.7 percent.
At the end of the second quarter, "Thick Eyebrows" was preparing to take advantage of Looney's three offenses, when the Warriors lost the only defensive strong point in the interior, they encountered the impact of Cuminga's layup, got the third foul of the game, and had no choice but to leave the court early. No. 7 show Jonathan Cumminga from Congo played very well in the first half, and it's no exaggeration to call him the Warriors' best player in the first half. He has made mistakes in the Lakers many times, or when his teammates grabbed the rebound, he made a quick drop to help the Warriors score crazy on the fast attack score, he is very sharp in the air cut of the position battle, he can often cooperate with his teammates, change to "Young Master Wei" to defend him, "Young Master Wei" in the defense of the no-ball end has been criticized for many years, this time is naturally also confused by Cuminga. In the first half of the 15 minutes, Cumminga scored 16 points.
Klay Thompson, like Kyrie Owen, who is to be mentioned below, didn't start to make threats until the fourth quarter. The Warriors player, wearing the Number 11 jersey, almost played the fourth quarter, shooting 6-of-10 in a single quarter and 3-of-4 from three-point range, all of which helped the Warriors take the initiative late in the fourth quarter. 117-115, the Lakers lost to the Warriors by two points. The old Zhan who slashed 26+15+8 surpassed Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar to become the total scoring champion of the regular season + playoffs, but still helped the team get out of the haze of losing streaks.
The Heat were on the verge of being overturned, with Irving scoring 20 points in the final quarter
Of course, when it comes to the desire to get rid of the haze of losing streaks, no one has the Brooklyn Nets, who have lost twice in a row. Kevin Durant said in an interview with reporters before the game that he was well aware that the team was in a bad situation at the moment, but he believed that as long as he could win the next game, the team could be on the right track.
The First Game in the East actually gave the Nets a chance, and they were known for their toughness in the whole game, playing the whole game with nearly twice as many turnovers (15 for the Heat and 8 for the Nets), including two consecutive turnovers with one minute left in the game, which almost allowed Brooklyn to complete a 21-point comeback.
Without Harden and Durant, Thomas became Irving's most powerful helper on the offensive end. In the whole game, the 20-year-old played 31 minutes, 8 of 18 shooting, scored 22 points, and the plus-minus of +11 was the second highest on the Team. The three-pointer with about a minute left in the fourth quarter almost allowed Brooklyn to complete a 21-point comeback.
Kyrie Irving scored just nine points in the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter, he completely unleashed his offensive firepower, facing the Heat's iron cable series, scoring 20 points in a single quarter to bring the score closer. However, in the final moments, Kyrie Lowry's fatal steal completely extinguished the Nets' hopes of winning, and at 111-115, the Nets swallowed their eleventh game in a game of losing streak.