On March 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season 76ers dueled against the Cavaliers. Embiid shot 13-of-19 and exploded for 35 points, 17 rebounds and five assists, a record latest. Harden shot 5-of-12 from the field and 1-of-6 from three-point range, with 21 points and 11 assists. Who is in charge, obviously.
Facing the Cavaliers, Harden continued to buddhist, and throughout the first quarter he played 8 minutes and 15 seconds, but did not have a sports battle shot, and only relied on free throws to get 2 points.
In the entire first half, Harden only made four shots, with 10 points and 5 assists. Fortunately, Embiid and Harris broke out, and the former exploded with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, even brushing records. It was his seventh half-time double-double of the season and, his second halftime 20+10, the league's number one. Harris also scored 16 points, and Maxy scored 13 points.
In this case, the 76ers scored 72 points at halftime, the second most this season, after the 76 points against the Magic on January 19 (US time).
Such Harden is not what the 76ers want, but when the second half came back, Harden's offensive end was still not open, Harris and Maxi scored zero points in a single quarter, relying only on Embiid to support themselves, resulting in a wave of 31-13, so that the 76ers only scored 13 points in a single quarter.
At a critical moment in the fourth quarter, Harden finally recovered, facing O'Corro's defense, he broke through to the basket to win. Embiid then faced Markkanen's defence and hit the key shot on a layup. At this point, Embiid set another record, his sixth single game of the season 30+15, tied for second place in the league this season, and the 29th time since the 2017-18 season, ranking second in the same period. In the end, the 76ers also laughed to the end.