NBA regular season, the 76ers sat at home to meet the Lone Ranger, both teams have been very strong recently, the 76ers have run-in, occupying the third place in the East, and the Lone Ranger has won three consecutive wins, ranking 5th in the West, the two teams after four quarters of competition, 76 people under the leadership of Harden and Embiid lightly won the Lone Ranger, two consecutive wins at the same time, ending the Lone Ranger's three-game winning streak.
From the perspective of the whole game, the Lone Ranger controlled the situation on the court at the beginning, especially Brunson, three-point consecutive hits, leading the Lone Ranger to take an 8-point lead, while the 76ers Embiid and Harden did not play at the beginning, the interior Harris scored 5 consecutive points to help the team narrow the point gap, Doncic returned 6 points, although harden, Maxi, Green have long-range shots, but the lone ranger's state is indeed too good, three consecutive three-pointers in the first quarter to maintain a 1-point lead.
In the second quarter, Dinwiddie began to exert force, and the 76ers used the tactics of internal and external line cooperation to open the offense, Embiid and Harden's cooperation was full of tacit understanding, the continuous internal and external lines blossomed, the 76ers surpassed 5 points, and in the third quarter, Embiid's feel was still there, the Lone Ranger also scored three points in return, Niang scored three consecutive three-pointers, so that the Lone Ranger's offensive momentum came to an abrupt end, Harden sent assists in this section to help the team maintain the lead, and in the final quarter, Harden scored 5 points in a row, expanding the point difference to 19 points. Although Doncic and Dinwiddie led the team to fight back, Embiid was completely unstoppable on the inside, and they finally held the advantage, 10 points to win the Lone Ranger.
If you want to choose the MVP of this game, it is definitely not Harden, Harden played 42 minutes again in this game, played more than 40 minutes in two consecutive games, and the playing time of the 76ers was far higher than that of the Nets, he shot 6 of 14, 3 three-pointers plus 10 free throws, got 24 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 steals, more importantly, he only had 2 mistakes in the whole game, the third quarter and the fourth record of the game, Harden's assists and scores, helped the team expand the point difference, This is Harden's 10th game for the 765ers, the team has a good record of 8 wins and 2 losses, Ha has an average playing time of 37.5 minutes, contributing 23 points, 6.9 rebounds and 10.6 assists of the comprehensive data, his playing time and contribution, can be called the NBA "labor model", even if Embiid got the highest 32 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in this game, but this game, Harden is obviously more powerful.
In addition to Harden and Embiid, Niang, Harris, Sable performed very well, the young Maxi once again slumped, only scored 8 points in the whole game, from Harden to the team, he broke out in 4 consecutive games, once became the third big man of the team, to the current downturn, Maxi still has a long way to go.
Lone Ranger 5 people scored in double figures, Brunson scored a team-high 24 points, Doncic faced the defense of the 76ers, only hit 5 shots in 20 shots, got 17 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, his downturn made the Lone Ranger offense stagnate, plus or minus 15 The team was second to the bottom, this game did not show the strength of the superstar at all, Dinwiddie did not usher in the outbreak in this game, facing the team is at a disadvantage, Dinwiddie is helpless.
After the game, Embiid was interviewed and talked about Harden, he said: "I keep telling Harden to play more aggressively, it's good that this game, he did everything he can, the playoffs are about to start, Harden must maintain that aggressiveness and prove himself in the playoffs." In fact, Embiid said that there is no problem at all, the playoffs need to rely more on stars to win, he and Harden want to compete for the championship, must be able to stand up at key moments, Harden's biggest problem before, is the downturn in key games, Embiid pointed out his weaknesses, but also proved that they want to win more games.