On February 16, Beijing time, the NBA regular season east ushered in a focus battle, Philadelphia at home to meet the Green Army, Harden watched the scene, Philadelphia was completely exploded in the first half, trailing by 27 points. In the second half, the Green Army continued to expand its advantage, leading by up to 51 points, and finally beat Philadelphia 135-87, winning nine consecutive wins.
Both teams have been in good form recently, with the Green Army having won eight consecutive games before, rising to 6th in the East, and the team is in hot form. Philadelphia also won two straight games to finish 4th in the East after they had just gotten Harden, and the combination with Embiid was highly anticipated by fans, and Philadelphia also became one of the big favorites to win the championship.
Harden still couldn't play in this game, but he came to the scene to watch, and the red shirt was very eye-catching, but Philadelphia was in a very bad state, falling behind by double digits from the beginning, and the rest of his teammates except Embiid were bad, trailing by 10 points in the first quarter. The Green Army's outside line was accurate, the double probe flower broke out at the same time, the Green Army shot 12 three-pointers in the first half, Tatum and Brown jointly cut 42 points, and Philadelphia could only rely on Embiid's 17 points to support, and the Green Army bombed 69 points in the half, leading by 27 points, completely blowing the opponent.
Easy to fight again, the green army's feel is still unstoppable, a wave of 12-4, the point difference has reached 35 points, Philadelphia City coach Rivers is also helpless. Philadelphia's offense was completely muted, especially as the outside line was almost frozen, and after Williams hit a three-pointer, the Greens led by 39 points at 93-54. Philadelphia's multiple timeouts were ineffective, with the Green Army widening the point difference to 45 points at one point, and the Green Army led by 43 points at the end of the third quarter.
The suspense of the game ended early, the Green Army removed all the main forces at the beginning of the final quarter, Philadelphia also replaced the substitute players, and the game entered garbage time. Although it is a substitute lineup, it is still difficult for Philadelphia to really narrow the point difference, at one point behind 51 points, the Green Army led by a large score, and finally won a big victory over Philadelphia, won 9 consecutive wins, continued to catch up with the top 4 in the East, and Fell to the 5th place in the East after losing.
The Green Army's double probes were all three-quarter clocked out, with Tatum having 28 points, 12 rebounds and six assists, and Brown 29 points and eight rebounds, and the team shot 25 three-pointers. The Philadelphia side felt cold, with only 7 of 30 shots on the outside and only 23 of 80 shots on the field, which was unbearable. The first time Harden came to the scene to watch the game, the team suffered a complete fiasco, and many fans ridiculed that Harden was just on the back of the pot.