The NBA regular season continues, with the East facing a focus battle, with the Bucks hosting the 76ers. Before the game, the 76ers suffered a 48-point defeat, the team urgently needed a victory to boost morale, opposite the Bucks led by the alphabet brother, it is not easy to win. In the first quarter of the game, the two sides staged a confrontation war, but the offensive efficiency is not high, the first quarter ended the Bucks led by 3 points; the second quarter 76ers multi-point blossomed to play a wave of 14-2 attack wave to complete the counterattack, the third game the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, the Bucks only chased back 1 point in this quarter, the 76ers entered the fourth quarter with a 7-point advantage, the last quarter of the dispute, the Bucks played a wave of 6-0, the game suspense, the key moment Embiid constantly hit the inside line to fight fouls, Maxi is also a big heart player, the last minute free throw steady hit, Middleton missed a three-pointer, and after four quarters of a draw, the 76ers narrowly won by three points at 123-120. After the game, although the Bucks and the 76ers had the same record, they were at a disadvantage in each other's records, and the 76ers won the third place battle in the East.
In this game, Harden continued to be absent due to injury, but he did not idle on the sidelines to make a cameo appearance as the head coach, in the game, the young general Niang broke through the inside line and made a mistake, Harden roared at the youngster, you should shoot more three points! Where did Niang dare to oppose the new big brother, decisively shot a three-point shot in the following game, and the result was a good result, with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists on 5-of-10 shooting from the outside. Fans are curious about how Rivers will feel in his heart, isn't that obviously stealing his job? Embiid continued to output efficiently, shooting 14-of-21 from the field, including 3-of-4 from three-point range, and a large double-double with 42 points and 14 rebounds, and more importantly, it was his ninth time this season to cut a 40+10 stat, becoming the third person in history after Westbrook and Harden. At the same time, he has 40+10+5 statistics in 2 of his last 3 games, becoming the second person in team history after Chamberlain!
Alphabet brother's performance is also remarkable, 13 of 23 shots, including 4 of 2 three-pointers, got a quasi-triple-double of 32 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, and Holliday's performance was also outstanding, 8 of 13 shots, 6 of 3 three-pointers, 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. However, except for the two cores, the rest of the people performed averagely. After the game, the 76ers rose to third in the East, but the Cavaliers and Bucks behind them did not pull away, and the winning percentage of the three teams was exactly the same, which also meant that they would lose two places in a loss, and it was clear that the third place battle in the East had entered a white-hot stage. Personally, I think the Cavaliers' experience will put them at a disadvantage in the fierce competition, the 76ers and Bucks are regulars in the playoffs, and Harden has returned to more offensive firepower, and the Bucks are dominated by the Big Three. Still, even falling to 6th in the East is content for the young Cavaliers.