On March 11, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Nets played against Philadelphia. In the first quarter, Durant and Irving led the team to a 17-point lead. In the second quarter, Harden's hand was still sluggish, with only 3 of 15 efficiency in the half, Philadelphia trailing by 21 points, and the Nets Big Three scored 49 points.
In this game, Harden made his first game against the Nets after the trade, Durant and Irving led the team, and Ben Simmons returned to Philadelphia, but would not play. In the first quarter, the Nets started well, Durant and Irving felt good, Harden hit the first three-pointer, he completed the overtaking of Miller, but the overall feel was not good. Curry Jr. quickly scored nine points against the old owner, leading the Nets to pull away the point difference. Embiid constantly made foul penalties, 13 free throws in a single quarter, he and Durant also had verbal conflicts, Irving pressed a whistle three-point shot, the single quarter and Durant both scored 11 points, the Nets led 17 points 40-23, Embiid 16 points, Harden 1 of 6 only 3 points.
In the second quarter, Jordan Jr. dunked, Mills hit a three-pointer, Claxton scored, Jordan Jr. dunked again, Irving shot or hit, Harris finally scored two points, the Nets offensive efficiency declined, Harris's three-point whistle hit, Irving did not score two points, Harden dribbled the ball was fiercely entangled by Irving, the referee blew a foul, the Nets still did not score, Harden caused Durant's foul, directly knocked over Durant, and chased the points in two free throws.
Durant's three-point shot hit back, Clarkston scored consecutively inside, Niang chased the score, Harden did not feel good, 11 of 1, very depressed, the Nets led 16 points 54-38. Embiid made another foul, hitting all two free throws, 15 free throws, Sescuri's three-point shot, Sebel making two fouls, Philadelphia already 21 free throws, the Nets are 4, the gap is very large.
Durant's counter-attack also caused Embiid to foul and played very domineeringly, but the penalty was missed, and Irving's three-point shot also hit, 62-42, and the Nets led by 20 points. After the timeout, Philadelphia did not score, Durant made two free throws, Harden's three-pointer finally hit again, the efficiency of 2 of 13 in this game was very low, Cescury hit back with three points, this game became the third giant of the Nets, got 15 points, James Johnson made a basket, the point difference was 24 points, Embiid re-fouled two free throws, Clarkston grabbed the rebound to shoot Embiid, Embiid again made two free throws and one shot, Dragic's three-point shot, Harden returned with three points, the Nets led 21 points 72-51 at halftime, Durant 18 points, Curry scored 15 points, Irving 16, the trio scored 49 points, Harden scored 11 points on 3-of-15, Embiid 21 points, Philadelphia made 25 free throws and the Nets seven.