NBA regular season, the 76ers sat at home to meet the Eastern Powerhouse Raptors, after the 76ers won 2 consecutive wins, surpassed the Bucks to ascend to the 2nd place in the East with 43 wins and 26 losses, and the Raptors were dropped to the 7th in the East after the Lakers ended a 5-game losing streak, the two teams after four quarters of competition, the Raptors fell behind by up to 16 points at most, relying on the excellent play in the second and fourth quarters, difficult to reverse the 76ers, avoid losing streak at the same time, end the 76ers 2 consecutive wins, Embiid 20 shots 6 in the downturn, Harden three mistakes in the last quarter, Two missed free throws, combined with a malicious foul at the last level, became the root cause of the 76ers' loss.
In the whole game, the 76ers game belongs to the tiger tail, the beginning of the game they are very strong, whether it is the inside Embiid or the outside harden, Sebel have a strong offensive ability, which allows the 76ers to maintain a 16-point lead at one point, and as the Raptors recovered, they continued to narrow the point difference, at the end of the first quarter to narrow the point difference to 10 points, to the second quarter, the 76ers offense was blocked, Embiid's internal line frequently encountered a bag clip, and the outside line felt sluggish, the Raptors took the opportunity to play a climax, playing 30-17 in a single quarter, net win 13 points In the third quarter, the 76ers strengthened their defense, the two teams had to drop in detail, and as Harden and Embiid scored points at key moments, the 76ers surpassed 5 points, and the 76ers only let the Raptors score 12 points in this quarter.
In the final quarter, both teams' offenses are not ideal, Embiid's interior line can only rely on free throws to score, and Harden may have made consecutive mistakes because of physical decline, the Raptors overtook the game and maintained the lead, Harden missed 2 penalties at key moments, but the Raptors still gave the 76ers a chance, Barnes also missed two free throws, but in the final attack, Harden elbowed the Raptors players, was blown off for a first-level malicious foul, the game was left, completely lost suspense, and finally the Raptors reversed the 76ers by 5 points.
The 76ers scored in double figures with five players in the game, embiid scored a team-high 21 points, but he only shot 6 of 20 from the field, and although he got a double-double statistic, he still couldn't take on more burdens at key moments, and Harden was one of the main reasons for the 76ers' loss. Played 38 minutes, 5 shots in 12 shots, 4 of 4 three-pointers, 7 of 10 free throws, 17 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, but there were 6 turnovers, 4 fouls, plus or minus 1, the only player with a negative number of all the 76ers starters, Harden came to the 76ers to experience a sweet period, and now he is once again in the same state as the Nets, lack of offense, lazy defense, and constant mistakes.
As a superstar, dare not attack has become Harden's main problem, especially the key fourth quarter, he has been looking for teammates, and did not think about ending the game, in the last attack, he chose to attack, but elbowed the opponent's face, was blown foul, resulting in the team losing, the fourth quarter Harden played very badly, mistakes are on the one hand, defensive loopholes are on the other hand, fans can not see the confidence he wants to win, many games to play more than 40 minutes, maybe now Harden is really tired.
Four Raptors players scored in double figures, no VanVleet, they also had Siakam, Achuva, Barnes, Barnes, Boucher and other players, facing the 76ers, they played very tough, Siakam had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, Achuva had 21 points and 9 rebounds, in the fight with Embiid, Achuva, who was 10 centimeters lower than Embiid, jumped twice to get the ball and became the winner, the substitute interior Bucher got 12 points and 14 rebounds, and the Raptors completely relied on the overall defeat of the 76ers.
After the game Harden did not pay tribute to the opponent, nor did he stay, directly returned to the locker room without turning back, the 76ers in addition to Harden and Embiid's sluggish performance, the bench is a problem they must solve, the substitute scored 14 points, Niang scored 10 points, but the plus-minus value reached minus 22, Rivers although arranged a 10-player rotation, but the bench mostly played for a few minutes, the main players, four players played for more than 34 minutes. Such a depletion of the main players is not good news for the 76ers.