The much-anticipated 76ers showdown with the Nets officially began, Bency and Harden exchanged owners for the first time, the players on both sides did not have a pre-game greeting, and the sky above the Wells Fargo center was filled with smoke.
The Nets, who played away from home, opened with a head start to preempt the opportunity, with Irving and Durant both scoring 11 points, the 76ers relying on Embiid's interior chisel to create fouls to chase points, role players competing against the 76ers who are completely at a disadvantage, and the Nets blasted 40 points in the first quarter to take a 17-point lead. After the break, the 76ers role players still could not change the game, and the Nets held the big score with excellent hand feeling, winning 4 points in the second quarter and entering the second half with a 21-point advantage.
The 76ers still did not change anything, and the second half of the quarter completely extinguished only 5 points led to a crash, and the Nets widened the point difference to more than 30 points to establish a victory. In the end, the Nets beat the 76ers 129-100.
Looking back at the performances of both sides, the 76ers were suppressed without taking the lead, and at one point they trailed by as many as 36 points. Harden shot 3-of-17, 3-of-7 from three-point range, 0-of-10 from two points, and scored just 11 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, 2 breaks, 4 turnovers, plus-minus -30, tied with Embiid for the lowest in the game. Embiid scored 27 points and 12 boards to defeat.
The Nets straightened their waists with a long sigh of relief, Irving cut 22 points, 4 boards, 5 assists, 2 caps and 1 turnover on 8 of 17, plus or minus +27, Harden was limited, he was indispensable. Durant played an efficient performance, 10 of 17, contributing 25 points, 14 boards, 7 assists, 2 breaks and 1 cap, with a plus-minus of a game-high +34. Durant was not used to the sudden cold in the last quarter, he said that the opening atmosphere was good but did not continue, and we did not win the championship This is just a regular season.