This season's NBA regular season has entered the final stage, the teams at the top of the standings, have also begun to control the record through strategic rotation to allow themselves to have a relatively easy schedule in the playoffs, in today's Eastern Conference, the first place Heat position is relatively solid, and the 76ers, Bucks and Green Kai all want to get the second place after the regular season, but many fans think that the second place in the East is not a good ranking. Because they are very likely to encounter the Nets led by Durant and Irving in the first round of the playoffs, which is why the bucks lost the last game and let the second place give up to the 76ers! In this regular season, the 76ers encountered the challenge of the Raptors, many fans who like Harden and the Emperor hope that the 76ers can emulate the Bucks and strategically give up this victory, but Rivers still sent his strongest lineup in this game, but harden and Embiid who appeared on the scene were very sluggish, and finally the 76ers also lost to the Raptors 88-93, unscrupulously avoiding the Nets, becoming a post-game joke among fans!
From the lineup comparison of the Raptors and the 76ers, the 76ers with Harden and Embiid undoubtedly have an absolute advantage, and in this game, the Raptors' backcourt core VanVleet also hung a free card, which also made more fans optimistic about the 76ers before the game, but after the game began, the Raptors played a very tenacious overall performance under the leadership of Siakam, and the whole game Siakam contributed a comprehensive personal data of 26 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. And Avachu, who formed the starting twin tower with him, also performed well with 21 points and 9 rebounds, and Boucher, who came off the bench, also showed his inner dominance, cutting down double-double data of 12 points and 14 rebounds, and the excellent performance of the three of them is also the reason why the Raptors were able to net outperform their opponents in rebounds by 16.
Barnes, the best performer of this rookie, played the team's starting point guard in the absence of VanVleet, but after leaving his best position, Barnes' performance also dropped significantly, and he only had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
The 76ers lost this game, the most fundamental reason is embiid and Harden's downturn, as the first center in the East Embiid, this campaign personal offensive efficiency is far lower than their normal level, although 21 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists, but only 6 goals in 20 shots.
And Harden still has not come out of the downturn in recent games, 12 shots only hit 5 goals, including 4 of 0 three-pointers, only got 17 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals, and also had the team's highest 6 turnovers, in the final quarter of the score anxiety moment, Harden also appeared a two-free miss, but also the fans ridiculed in order to lose, the beard began to show the emperor level!
Judging from the current pattern in the East, the Nets are very likely to win in the first round of the playoffs to lock in the seventh place, and any team facing Durant and Irving in the playoffs will have to lose a layer of skin even if they can advance, so it is a very wise choice to avoid the second place in the East!