On March 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Heat and Philadelphia staged a strong dialogue, Harden this campaign round off, the Heat once led by 20 points in the second quarter, although Philadelphia once narrowed the point difference to 4 points, but failed to overtake, and finally lost to the Heat 82-99, and the 5-game winning streak was ended. The Heat cemented the First Place in the East, leading Philadelphia by three wins.
It's a direct conversation between the top two in the East, with the Heat taking first place in the East and two wins ahead of Second Place Philadelphia. Philadelphia has been in hot form recently, winning a five-game winning streak, and Harden has been seamlessly connected with the team after joining. The Heat's last game still reversed the Nets in the face of the residual play, and the combat effectiveness is very strong.
Harden chose to rest in this campaign, but he came to the scene to watch the game, and embiid led the team single-core. The Heat's Butler and Tucker are back. The Heat came up to wrap embiid, who was very uncomfortable, with Embiid shooting just 2 of 9 in the first quarter, and Philadelphia only scored 14 points in the first quarter and trailed by 8 points. The Heat continued to extend their advantage in the second quarter, leading by at most 20 points at one point, and Philadelphia picked up slightly at the end of the quarter, narrowing the gap to 10 points at one point, but still trailing by 14 points at halftime.
Philadelphia's form improved significantly, Embiid and Maxi began to erupt, and the two teamed up to lead the team to a wave of 13-4, chasing only 5 points. The Heat adjusted quickly, again widening the point difference to double digits. But Philadelphia was resilient and bit the score, Embiid scored 12 points in a single quarter, and Philadelphia chased only 5 points at the end of the third quarter, preserving the suspense. The Heat scored just 19 points in the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the Heat stabilized the situation, and after Strus hit a three-pointer, the point difference reached 8 points. Philadelphia bit the score, but it was difficult to close the score difference. With three minutes left in the game, Strus hit a three-pointer to give the Heat a 12-point lead. The Heat played a 10-0 game, philadelphia was unable to return to the sky, and eventually lost to the Heat, ending a five-game winning streak. The Heat won two straight, extending their second-place lead to three wins, and Philadelphia, the Eastern Conference boss' position, was solid.
In the absence of Harden, Philadelphia's offense was dudded, and only scored 82 points in the whole game, which was a new season low for the team, Embiid suffered a bag defense, 22 points and 15 rebounds in 14 free throws, the data is good, but only 4 of 15 shots, very inefficient. Maxi scored 17 points, Harris 18 and none of the rest scored in double figures. The Heat were multi-point bloomer, Butler with 21 points and five assists, Hiro 21 points and seven rebounds, Vincent 16 points and Martin 14 points.