On March 11, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Philadelphia hosted the Nets. Before the start of the game, Ben Simmons and Harden became the focus of everyone, and after exchanging teams, the two played against their old clubs for the first time. Although Simmons could not play, when he warmed up, he was still booed by the whole audience. But after the game started, Embiid stole all the limelight. In a single quarter, Embiid exploded with 14 points, and although the team was behind, his performance was extremely amazing.
Embiid was almost unstoppable in the first quarter. The Nets held their breath and started very strongly on the road, quickly widening the point difference to double digits. On the Philadelphia side, the whole team appeared to be relatively sluggish, with only Embiid, Harden and Sable scoring. In such a situation, Embiid could only stand up on his own.
Embiid dribbled, singles, shot, fouled, almost anything. And the Philadelphia team also frantically fed Embiid the ball. In a face of Zhuang Shen's defense, Embiid singled in the face frame, using height and weight to directly crush Zhuang Shen, the basket was 2 +1, and Zhuang Shen was a bit embarrassed, directly knocked out of the bottom line.
By the end of the game, Embiid continued to make foul throws. After another foul, Embiid's mouth was shattered, and Durant was also very upset at this time, and went forward to talk to Embiid fiercely. It wasn't until the referee came over to persuade them that the two were separated. The live director immediately gave the picture of Durant and Embiid spraying each other last time the two teams met, and the scene was very hot.
Throughout the first quarter, Embiid shot 3 of 7, 10 of 13 from the free throw line, and shot down 16 points and 4 boards! However, the Nets, Durant and Irving all played, scoring 11 points each. Curry Jr. also scored 9 points in a single quarter, and the Nets blasted down 40 points in a single quarter! For Embiid, harden and other teammates must play, otherwise Philadelphia is dangerous.