On March 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in a strong dialogue, Philadelphia away to challenge the Heat, Harden this campaign round off, Philadelphia's offensive dud, the first quarter only scored 14 points, trailing by 8 points.
This is a direct contest between the top two in the East, both teams have been in good shape recently, the Heat reversed the Nets in the last game, the record of 42 wins and 22 losses is high in the East, Philadelphia has recently won a wave of 5 consecutive wins, 39 wins and 23 losses ranked second in the East, Harden joined the seamless connection with Philadelphia. The first two encounters have won one game each.
Harden is on leave, and Philadelphia's starting players are: Maxi, Sable, Kokmaz, Harris, Embiid. The Heat's starting lineups are: Vincent, Dunroe, Butler, Tucker, Adebayor. At the beginning of the first quarter, Embiid scored first, Dunroe and Butler hit two consecutive three-pointers, the Heat started 6-2, Maxi shot a three-pointer, Dunroe quickly responded, and the Heat led 11-5. Philadelphia hit just two of his first nine shots, and it felt cold.
Back from the suspension, Philadelphia's offense was still not good, Butler easily broke through the scoring, Embiid used free throws to break the scoring drought, both teams had more mistakes, the score slowly rose, Embiid encountered strict defense, but he was still Philadelphia's only scoring point, he flew to the basket to score, Philadelphia fell behind 11-17.
The Heat's defense was very tough, and Philadelphia had a hard time scoring, with Philadelphia trailing 14-22 in the first quarter. Embiid had six points and 10 rebounds in the first quarter, but only 2-of-9 shooting. On the Heat side, Butler had 10 points and 3 rebounds, and Dunroe had 6 points.