In the past four battles, the "Ma Daha" combination remained undefeated, and the elder Rivers moved his crooked thoughts, he decided to take a turn to take Harden and let the 76ers relive the old time, the result was from frugality to luxury, from luxury to frugality.
Away to the Heat, the 76ers were pressed on the ground at the beginning of the game, the group of shooters led by Dunroe quickly took the lead by using the fiery outside feel, the 76ers did not find an offensive rhythm in the first half, and the Heat took a 14 lead.
After the easy side, Embiid led the team to launch a counterattack, but it was difficult to find the opportunity to reverse, Hiro continued to kill the inside line, and Vincent shot from a distance. In the end, the Heat beat the 76ers 99-82, ending the latter's five-game winning streak.
Harden wasn't there, and his role was immediately highlighted. The 76ers were inaccurate on the outside, shooting just 7-of-41 from three-point range and shooting as low as 17.1 percent. Embiid was caught in the bag, scoring 22 points and 15 boards on 4-of-15 shooting and 14-of-14 from the free throw line.
In the post-game interview, the 76ers coach talked about the team rankings, the elder Rivers did not pay attention to the rankings, and someone would tell his playoff opponents at the end of the regular season that they had a "Ma Daha" combination full of confidence. Embiid cares a lot about rankings, because losing one or two games may make the team fall to sixth in the East, and if you win two games in a row, you will find that you will rise to second place in the East.
The five-game winning streak was over, and the 76ers finished second in the East with a record of 39 wins and 24 losses, three wins away from the Heat in the East, 0.5 wins ahead of the bucks in third place in the East and bulls in fourth place in the East.