Since James Harden officially played for the Philadelphia 76ers, they have won five consecutive games, making them the second team in the East after the Miami Heat. It can also be seen that Harden's joining is still very positive for Philadelphia. But in fact, in the process of helping the team win the game, Philadelphia also unlocked the third big man, so that the fans there have ignited hopes for the championship. Yes, in the past four games, the young maxi has scored at least 20 points in a single game, which has gradually shown the momentum of Philadelphia's third giant.
However, the Philadelphia 76ers' opponent in this game is the Miami Heat. Even though Butler, Lowry and Tucker were absent in the previous game, the Heat could not let the returning Durant lead the team to win, still continuing their eastern supremacy. So, what kind of spark will burst out between the two teams that represent the last record in the East? Harden was recovering from a hamstring injury and had to miss tonight's game against the Heat.
At the start of the game, the Philadelphia 76ers were in a scoring drought. Embiid shot 2-of-9 in a single quarter, and although he delivered 6 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist, the other players on the team did not have high desire to score, so that the Heat seized the opportunity to play a wave of 22-14 single-quarter scores to get an 8-point lead. The opening defeat was still a big blow for the Philadelphia 76ers. After entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Miami Heat can continue to widen the point difference between the two teams.
With the help of Taylor Hiro, who came off the bench, played 12 minutes of game time in the second quarter and delivered 13 points and 2 rebounds, the Heat once again took a 6-point lead with a 32-26 score. At the end of the first half of the game, the difference between the two sides reached 14 points. As Yi Bian moved into the second half of the showdown, the Philadelphia 76ers began to counterattack. Embiid played 12 minutes of the third quarter, sending 12 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, and Maxi also had 7 points and 1 rebound to help the team play 28-19 and recover the 9 points that had fallen behind.
By the time they reached the crucial final showdown, the point difference between the two sides had narrowed to 5 points. The Philadelphia 76ers seemed to have a chance to reverse, but after entering the regular showdown in the fourth quarter, the Heat scored 26-14 in one fell swoop, and won the game with a score of 99-82, rejecting the Philadelphia 76ers' reversal. Looking back at the game, the overall scoring efficiency of the philadelphia 76ers was unusually inefficient, and only 3 players on the team scored double digits. Moreover, it is clear that the three-pointer is not good, but it still has to soar 41 three-pointers, with an inefficient shooting rate of 17.1%, only 7 of them are hit!
In fact, not only did they feel bad at the outside three-pointers, but even the overall offense was not smooth. Without starting point guard James Harden, Rivers doesn't seem to know how to run the team anymore. That's right, the Philadelphia 76ers scored 28 goals and had just 13 assists in this game. In the previous game of Harden, his single assists can also reach double digits. With such inefficient offense and scoring efficiency, Philadelphia is not surprised not to lose. After the game, Philadelphia's dream of six consecutive wins was also awakened by the Eastern Conference overlords.