On March 5, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, with the 76ers playing at home against the Cavaliers. In this game, the 76ers are still fully played, but this time they encountered resistance, once trailing by 21 points in the first quarter, Harden also got 3 fouls early in the second quarter, but the 76ers still narrowed the point difference a bit, after half-game, the 76ers fell behind the Cavaliers 63-71.
The 76ers continued their previous starting lineup in this game, Harden, Embiid, Sable, Harris, And Maxi, while the Cavaliers were Garland, Okaro, Markkanen, Mobley and Jarrett Allen.
After the game began, the two teams were in good form on the offensive end and also fell into a tug-of-war, and after the 76ers chased the score to 11-13, the Cavaliers played a wave of offense, 13-2 to pull the point difference to double digits. The 76ers Niang hit a three-pointer, but the Cavaliers were even more explosive, still occupying the initiative on the court, and the substitute Lefou hit three consecutive three-pointers, and the point difference was directly opened to 21 points. Fortunately, in the final moments, the 76ers Harden scored six consecutive points to help the team narrow some point differences, and the 76ers left the Cavaliers 30-43 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the 76ers continued to chase points, just narrowed the point difference, the Cavaliers side of the outside line and hit consecutive hits, still occupying the initiative on the court, the feel is too hot, the shooting rate is more than 70%, which also makes the 76ers a bit overwhelmed, Harden side also got 3 fouls early. After the 76ers' timeout, the Cavaliers' feel declined, Milton scored five consecutive points, Harris Maxi broke through consecutively, a wave of 9-0 offensive attacks narrowed the point gap, and Mobley made two free throws to stabilize the situation. But after that, the 76ers failed to narrow the gap further, the Cavaliers Osman hit a three-pointer, Embiid played 2+1, the two teams made consecutive mistakes in the final moments, Maxi got 3 free throw opportunities, 3 free throws 2, the 76ers left the Cavaliers 63-71 after the half.
The Cavaliers of the big dark horse played very well in the first half, with 5 people scoring in double figures, O'Corro 13 points, Garland 12 points and 8 assists, Allen 10 points and 5 rebounds, Ottoman on the bench 12 points, Love 11 points and 6 rebounds. The Cavaliers shot 61.9 percent from the field in the first half, which is key to their ability to take the lead.
The 76ers were plagued by fouls, playing just 13 minutes in the first half, contributing eight points and four assists; Embiid had 14 points and Harris 13 points.