On March 19, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, Philadelphia hosted the Lone Ranger, the first half of the two teams tightly clamped the score, half of philadelphia 58-53 lead.
Philadelphia narrowly beat the Cavaliers in their last game and finished 3rd in the East, just one game away from the 2nd Place Bucks. The Lone Rangers are no. 5 in the West, having just won three straight games and beaten the Nets in the last game with Dinwiddie's backlash, the team is in good shape. In the first meeting between the two teams, the Lone Ranger defeated Philadelphia.
Philadelphia's starters were: Sable, Harris, Embiid, Harden, Maxi. The Lone Ranger's starts are: Dinwiddie, Smith, Powell, Brunson, Doncic. As soon as the first quarter came up, Brunson scored on a mid-range jumper, Philadelphia opened with a cold hand, the first 4 shots were all deflected, Brunson scored 7 points alone, and the Lone Ranger started 7-0 to stop Philadelphia. Back from a timeout, Sable finally broke the scoring drought, and the Lone Ranger hit a three-pointer to take a 10-2 lead.
Philadelphia began chasing points, with Harris and Maxi scoring consecutive points as Philadelphia trailed to 9-10. Doncic hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, he personally scored 6 consecutive points to help the Lone Ranger stabilize the situation, Philadelphia also bit the score, Maxi shot a three-pointer, Philadelphia 18-16 rebounded, the first time in the game to take the lead. The two teams alternated points as Kleber and Doncic hit two consecutive three-pointers to give the Lone Ranger a 27-24 lead. Harden hit two free throws, and Philadelphia trailed 26-27 in the first quarter. Embiid had 7 points and 2 rebounds in the first quarter and only 3 shots, Harden scored 2 points on free throws on 0-of-3, Doncic had 9 points and 2 assists, and Brunson 7 points.
As soon as the second quarter came up, the two teams continued to clench the score, Harden began to recover, he scored consecutive free throws, broke through the layup, and Philadelphia chased 34-35. The Lone Ranger took the lead, Green stuck to the basket with high difficulty, and the Lone Ranger played a wave of 8-2, 43-36 leading by seven points to stop Philadelphia. The timeout returned, and Philadelphia soon erupted, embiid hit consecutive inside lines to cause damage, and Philadelphia played a wave of 7-0 to tie the score.
Doncic's two free throws stopped the bleeding, the score alternately rose, Harden hit a three-pointer, and Philadelphia rebounded 50-48. Harden's form clearly picked up in the quarter, with Embiid hitting a three-pointer to end Philadelphia's 58-53 lead at halftime. Embiid had 21 points, five rebounds and three steals on 7-of-9 shooting in the half, Harden exploded in the second quarter, scoring 11 points and four assists on 3-of-3-of-3 in the quarter, and Harris had nine points. On the Lone Ranger side, Doncic had 13 points and three assists and Brunson 15 points.