After winning two consecutive wins, the Philadelphia 76ers, who rank third in the East, are at home and face the challenge of the raptors, who are seventh in the East.
On the 76ers side, Embiid guarded the inside line, Harden was in hot shape, and the 76ers, who had home advantage in this campaign, also tried to take advantage of the victory to pursue and defend the home to win 3 consecutive wins.
On the other hand, on the Raptors side, VanVleet hung up the exemption card, Achuva entered the starting lineup, and the Raptors were also ready to increase the height of the lineup, surprisingly winning the victory on the road!
However, after 4 quarters of competition, with the excellent performance of Embiid + Maxi, the 76ers who played at home, although in the first three quarters, once overpowered the Raptors, achieved a huge advantage of as many as 16 points.
But in the last minute of the decisive battle, Siakam + Achuva felt hot, leading the Raptors to play a 13-5 counterattack frenzy, instantly turning the situation on the court.
With Harden missing two key free throws and then being whistled for offensive fouls, the 76ers who played at home were also powerless to return to heaven and had to lose.
The Raptors, who finally withstood the pressure, also beat the 76ers 93-88 on the road, which was worth the trip and also staged a big reversal of 16 points behind!
In this game away from home, although the Raptors once fell into the disadvantage of 16 points behind in the score, fortunately, the team did not mess up, but played a team performance of 4 people scoring in double figures, completing a reversal + upset.
In the case of scotty barnes + Boucher and other main players, each performing their duties, the team ace Siakam, and the tiger general Achuva play, is particularly critical!
Siakam exploded in the game, starting 35 minutes and scoring a game-high 26 points on 10-of-20 shooting, plus a double-double with 10 rebounds and five assists.
Among them, in the third quarter, he scored 10 points in the single quarter, not only stepped forward and led the Raptors to complete the counterattack, but also laid a solid foundation for the team's reversal in the final quarter!
Of course, the Raptors were able to reverse the victory over the 76ers in this game, and the performance of Tigers Achuva also played a crucial role.
In this campaign, Achuva was in danger, starting 33 minutes, shooting 60% of the 15-of-9 shooting, and contributing 21 points + 9 rebounds + 1 assist to the efficient performance.
In addition, throughout the game, Achuva personally did not make a mistake, it can be said that with a very efficient personal performance, he successfully affected the trend of the game at both ends of the attack and defense!
On the other hand, on the side of the 76ers, the team collapsed in the final quarter of this game, and was finally reversed, and the performance of the game with a difference of 5 points was obviously difficult for the home fans to accept.
After all, under the comprehensive performance of Embiid + Maxi, who played well, winning 21+13+2+1+1+1 and 19+1+4 respectively, the play of Harden + Harris in this campaign is indeed somewhat unsatisfactory!
Although Harden delivered a quasi-triple-double performance of 17 points + 9 rebounds + 8 assists + 2 steals in this game, rationally speaking, his personal appearance of as many as 6 mistakes still allowed the 76ers to bury a great chance to win in vain.
And this campaign against the Raptors, Harris can be described as very depressed, the first 24 minutes, 9 shots 2 in the poor feel, the outside three-point shot is 4 shots 0 completely lost the crosshair!
Obviously, in the case of Harden + Harris's poor state, facing the Raptors who are all soldiers, this battle has worked hard for a whole game, but it has failed embiid + Maxi, and it seems that he can only helplessly drink and hate.
More importantly, for the 76ers, after losing to the Raptors in this game, the 76ers' regular season record has also reached 43 wins and 27 losses, and the winning gap between them and the fourth-place Green Army in the East has been erased.
Rationally speaking, considering the fiery momentum of the Green Army's 3 consecutive wins, it has to be said that in the next increasingly fierce ranking battle, whether the 76ers can retain the third position in the East, its prospects and situation are indeed not optimistic!