On March 15, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in a major play, and the 76ers sat at home to meet the Nuggets. Embiid and Jokic two big MVP hit head-to-head, the winner or loser of this game will undoubtedly become an important reference for the final MVP selection, so the outside world is very much looking forward to Embiid and Jokic who can lead the team to win. In the end, after four quarters of battle, the Nuggets reversed the 76ers 114-110.
This game is the second game of the 76ers back-to-back, yesterday and the Magic have been fiercely fought until the last minute to decide the winner, and today there may be a problem of insufficient physical reserves. However, in such a significant duel, the adrenaline rush will make you forget the exhaustion of the body.
At the beginning of the game, Embiid's offensive desire was unprecedentedly strong, and he came up to fly Jokic with a fake action point, broke through the dunk, and won a blood. The emperor took the lead, the other players were naturally sluggish, Sebel did not have a false shot, and Harris also continued the fiery feel of the last game. The 76ers led by as many as 19 points at one point, embiid repeatedly singled Jokic to win, a single quarter of 12 points, the end of the first quarter, Philadelphia established a 15-point lead!
The second quarter may be a physical problem, the 76ers feel a cliff-like decline, Harden, Harris, Sebel three starters in this quarter combined 8 shots 0. The Nuggets seized the opportunity to start chasing points, chasing the point difference to 5 points at the end of the half! Easy to fight again, the Nuggets chased the 76ers ass to play, that is, to beat the opponent's unstable foothold, a drum to beat the score!
At key moments, Embiid hit consecutive hits against Jokic to help the team enter the final quarter with a seven-point lead! The 76ers officer tweeted a video of Embiid singles Jokic and wrote: "21>15."
However, the final quarter of the game suddenly changed, the Nuggets bench incarnated as a point-cutting bandit, the Nuggets' first 26 points in the final quarter were all from the bench, and Hyland hit 3 three-pointers in a row to lead the team to reverse the score! In the last 3 minutes, the 76ers trailed by 4 points, Harden Embiid blocked, Harden hit the ground to pass Embiid, which was a must-score 2 points, And Jumako Green lost a malicious foul on the first level, stopping the Emperor. Embiid made 1 of 2 free throws, and Harden scored 4 consecutive free throws to help the team reverse the score.
However, Hylander then hit the empty three-pointer again, and Jokic scored the fairy ball to re-widen the point difference to four points. At the critical moment, Maximignan missed consecutive empty three-pointers, Harden hoisted Embiid's mistake, the 76ers were forced to use foul tactics, Barton made 1 of 2 free throws, there was still a chance to equalize, but Niang missed three points again, and the suspense of the game ended.
Throughout the game, Jokic had 22 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 breaks and 2 blocks on 8-of-16 shooting, and The Wizards Hylander scored 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. On the Philadelphia side, Harden contributed 24 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists on 6-of-11 shooting, and Embiid had 34 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 caps and 1 break on 11-of-20 shooting, winning the game and losing the game.
It is worth mentioning that the 76ers official pushed out the "21>15" tweet after the game! Will this be a footnote to Jokic's push for Embiid to win MVP?