On March 20, Beijing time, the Philadelphia 76ers sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Toronto Raptors, and now the competition for the MVP in the regular season has entered a white-hot stage, as one of the seeded players, Embiid's performance is also highly anticipated, and this battle against the Raptors is also very important for him. In terms of starting lineups, the 76ers lined up Embiid, Harris, Harden, Maxi and Sable. As for the Raptors, VanVleet did not play in today's game because of his sore knee, and the Raptors started as Siakam, Trent Jr., Barnes, Achuva, and Birch.
The Philadelphia 76ers got into shape early in the opening game, taking a double-digit lead under the leadership of Harden and Embiid, and the 76ers hit a 26-12 climax as Maxi hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner. In the final moments of the first quarter, Embiid showed guard-like dexterity, withdrawing from mid-range shooting, and the 76ers scored 37 points in the first quarter, 10 points ahead of the Raptors, while Harden had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in this first quarter, while Embiid had 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and the double star led Philadelphia to a climax.
In the second quarter of the game, the 76ers suddenly lost power, and even directly emptied Achuva with a projection threat at the defensive end, the 76ers also made themselves pay a price, the entire second quarter they were pressed by the Raptors, and Harden's breakthrough was also rejected by the Raptors' inside hat, as Barnes scored the last offense of the half, the Raptors played a wave of 30-17 in the second quarter, successfully overtaking the score, and the Raptors' Achuva made a contribution in the first half, he got 14 points and 6 rebounds, The James-looking player made the 76ers pay the price for his trough.
At the beginning of the third quarter, James Harden forced the inside line to cause the Raptors to foul, and it was also with this goal that Philadelphia equalized the score. The two teams alternated points, and after Maxy hit a three-pointer in the middle of the third quarter, Philadelphia reversed the score, and the Raptors also decisively called out a timeout. Then the two teams played iron consecutively, Embiid forced the inside line to cause Barnes foul, after two free throws all hits to continue to expand the score, and the Raptors side still can not give a response, with Embiid hit two more free throws, the point difference has been stretched to 6 points.
As Trent broke through and returned siakam to hit a 3-pointer, the Raptors narrowed the gap to 4 points in time to stop the decline, and then Siakam hit the inside line again, and then the two sides scored consecutively, the score was always controlled within five points, and as Harden broke through in the third quarter to complete the final offense, the score was stretched to 5 points. The 76ers made mistakes at the start of the fourth quarter, and the Raptors scored consecutive points, and with Barnes' impact on the inside, the point difference had been narrowed to 1 point, and Harden turned back to be obviously too hasty, accidentally knocking over Boucher and causing an offensive foul, and the 76ers had a bad start to the fourth quarter.
Fortunately, George Niang stepped up, he completed a three-pointer to help Philadelphia stop the decline, but the Raptors Blooms shot Harden to narrow the point difference to 1 point, and then Boucher broke through to cause a foul, and two free throws all hit the lead. Harden immediately scored to stop the bleeding. With Avacho's 4-pointer, the point difference was stretched to 3 points and Philadelphia called out a timeout. It was embiid who scored 2+1 to catch up with the score. However, the Raptors Blooms became a surprise soldier, hitting another 3-pointer to extend the score. In the end, The Philadelphia double-core took 21 goals in shame and lost, and Harden's 3 fatal turnovers were too far-fetched and lost the game.