On February 16, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the 76ers lost to the Celtics at home 87-135, the two consecutive wins ended, the 76ers were almost all hung by the opponent, the first quarter was 22-32 behind, half-time has been 42-69 behind the opponent 27 points.
After the start of the third quarter, the situation not only did not improve, but also got worse, the 76ers hit another wave of 16-32 in the single quarter, and the fourth quarter became a complete garbage time, and finally the 76ers lost to the Celtics by 48 points.
Statistically, the 76ers shot 23-of-80 from the team, shooting only 28.8 percent, 8-of-32 three-pointers, shooting 25.0 percent, and only two people on the team scored in double figures, Embiid had 19 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Maxi 11 points, Millsap 9 points, harris 6 points - just this feel, it is strange to win.
Originally, losing is not a new thing, a season, the strongest team may have one or two fiasco, but the meaning of this game may not be the same - before the game, 76 people for Harden, Millsap held a press conference, Harden in an interview to evaluate the team's generals:
— Talking about Rivers: He's one of the best coaches in history, and I'm certainly willing to be coached by Rivers
Talk about Embiid: He's the strongest inside in the league, he can do everything on the court, and I want to fight with him for the championship
Talk about Maxi: He's playing more and more confidently, and I'll try to help him keep improving
— Talking about Harris: He's the kind of player who gets 20+ every game and we need him a lot
In addition to praising the new coach and new teammates, Harden also performed the pre-game bell-ringing ceremony of the 76ers as a player representative, wearing a red coat, holding a small hammer, smiling and knocking four times in a row, and the scene was also a round of applause - until this time, fans and Harden may not have expected that the next "massacre" would be.
During the game, the live broadcast repeatedly gave the camera to Harden, who watched the game for the first time, and such a fiasco, Harden directly looked stupid.
Worst of all, the US media also compared Harden's expression today with harden's expression when the Nets defeated the Celtics before, which can be described as the same.
Well, ridicule to ridicule, Harden did not play after all, the 76ers this is indeed bad, the latest news is that Harden may be absent until March, wait until the return of health, he and Embiid will definitely be one of the strongest internal and external combinations in the league, and it is not too late to evaluate this deal.
Here, let's talk about the Celts.
Too many people pay attention to the 76ers who lost, but few people pay attention to the concept that the Celtics played a game that went down in history:
- The team scored 25-of-45 three-point range, shooting 55.6 percent.
After this game, the Celtics have won nine straight
——48 points to win, equalizing the second largest point difference in the team's history of away wins
- At least 30 points in three consecutive away games (previously 33 points on the road to the Magic, 35 away to the Nets), the only one in history
In the past 12 games, the Celtics have won 11 wins and 1 loss, during which time they have a net loss of 253 points, and throughout NBA history, only the 1970-71 Season Bucks have a higher net loss score (260 points) than this year's Celtics, who finally won the championship.
So far this season, the Celtics' defensive efficiency has reached 104.8, the second in the league; net efficiency is 5.5, the league is fourth;
After the Christmas war, the Celtics' defensive efficiency reached 101.7, the league's first (the second lone ranger was only 105.2); the net efficiency was 11.3 points, also the league's first.
If you remember, the Celtics struggled at the beginning of the season, losing five of their first seven games and ending in 2022 with a record of just 17 wins and 19 losses, less than 50 percent, and only ninth in the East.
But after entering 2022, the Celtics seem to be reborn, with 17 wins in 23 games, the third in the league in the same period, only worse than the Suns (19 wins and 2 losses), the Grizzlies (18 wins and 4 losses), in terms of recent performance, they have re-entered the ranks of the championship.
The Celtics have played well and the double probing has performed well, since entering 2022:
Tatum played 22 games, averaging 26.0 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, with 30.9% of the ball and 58.6% of the true shooting rate.
— Jaylen Brown played 23 games, averaging 24.0 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, 30.0% of the ball and 57.5% of the true shooting rate.
When the two were on the floor at the same time, the Celtics could shoot down 117.5 points per 100 rounds, conceding only 96.4 points, and a net victory of 21.1 points over their opponents — Uduka was scolded for more than half a season, and finally found the correct way to use the double probe flower.
This year's Celtics have every chance to do something in the East, of course, this is not to say that the 76ers are inferior to the Celtics, this season's East is extremely chaotic, the first Heat (37 wins and 21 losses) is now only 6.5 wins ahead of the eighth Nets (30 wins and 27 losses), whether it is the 76ers, Celtics, or the Heat, Bucks, Bulls, Nets, who can rush out of the East, it is really difficult to say.