The NBA regular season continued, with the East ushering in a strong dialogue, with the 76ers sitting at home to meet the Cavaliers.
As one of the dark horse teams in the East this season, the Cavaliers have experienced a serious decline in form in the past period of time due to injury problems, with only 1 win in the last 6 games, and the team's ranking has slipped to sixth in the East.
After completing the Harden deal, the 76ers ushered in a significant increase in momentum, in the pre-game 4 consecutive wins, the ranking has reached the second position in the East, Harden + Embiid + Maxi's big three gradually took shape.
As soon as the game began, the Cavaliers dominated the situation, and the 76ers, led by Embiid and Harden, responded quickly, but the Cavaliers, who blossomed inside and outside, have been firmly suppressing Philadelphia at home.
The Cavaliers blasted 43 points in the first quarter, at one point widening the point difference to as many as 21 points, but Philadelphia also scored 30 points in the single quarter, but still ended the first quarter with a huge disadvantage of 13 points.
In the second quarter, the two teams continued to engage in a tug-of-war around the 15-point difference, until with 3 and a half minutes left in the second quarter, Philadelphia's wave narrowed the gap to less than 10 points, after which the two teams engaged in a tug-of-war around the 10-point difference, and at the end of the half, Philadelphia successfully narrowed the point difference to only 8 points.
Philadelphia continued its performance in the second half of the second quarter, narrowing the gap to within five points in one fell swoop, but then the Cavaliers responded, and the gap was again stretched to nearly 10 points.
Since then, Philadelphia, led by Harden, Embiid and Maxi, has continued to close the score, but fortunately, the Cavaliers have also blossomed a little, and have maintained a slight lead.
It wasn't until the last minute and a half of the third quarter that the 76ers finally fired consecutively from the outside and completed the score reversal, but before the end of the third quarter, the Cavaliers played a counter-attack wave, regained the advantage, and ended the first three quarters with a 2-point lead.
Entering the final quarter, Philadelphia once again completed the rebound with a precise three-pointer from the outside, but the Cavaliers, led by Garland and Allen, regained the lead and regained the advantage.
Helplessly, Maxi continued the fiery feel, one person scored 8 points in a row, helping Philadelphia complete the rebound and establish a 6-point lead.
Since then, the Cavaliers have tried to close the score, but harden, Embiid and Maxi have won consecutive games at key moments, and the point difference has remained between 4-6 points, and finally Philadelphia withstood the pressure and defeated the Cavaliers 125-119 to reverse and win five consecutive games.
Throughout the game, the Cavaliers have played the true color of a dark horse team, with 5 people scoring in double figures and 4 people scoring 20.
Garland has 26 points, 19 assists, 4 boards and 2 breaks, Ocorro 22 points, 3 boards and 3 assists, Osman 20 points, and Allen 20 points and 7 boards.
With such a performance, the Cavaliers once led the 76ers by 21 points, but the helpless was that the 76ers' big three gradually entered the best situation and finally completed a big reversal.
First of all, after Harden's arrival, Maxi, who was completely activated, played 38 minutes in the whole game, shooting 10 of 15, and bombed down 33 points, 4 boards, 5 assists, 2 breaks and 1 cap.
These included 24 points on 7-of-9 shooting in the second half, and 8 consecutive points from a single player at key moments to help the team seal the win.
The outbreak of Maxi is actually closely related to the arrival of Harden, after Harden joined, Maxi can average 26.8 points per game, shooting 64.9% from the field and shooting as high as 70% from three-point range.
After joining Philadelphia, Harden is also in the water, and the overall data performance has soared in the case of the decline in average time per game.
Playing 35 minutes in the game, 6-of-10 shooting, he easily handed over 24 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal.
Embiid's pressure has also dropped significantly, the whole game got 22 points, 9 boards, 5 assists and 2 breaks, abundant physical fitness allowed Harden and Embiid to complete the harvest of the game at a critical moment, from the current situation, Harden joined embiid pressure plummeted, while completely activating Maxi's offensive attributes, this time Harden looks like the right bet.