On March 21, Beijing time, the 76ers welcomed the challenge of the Raptors at home, and for the 76ers, the team definitely hopes to win and improve the record. It's just that the first quarter and the last three quarters of this game are completely different situations.
In the first quarter, the 76ers had a great performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, they scored 37 points in the first quarter and held the lead, but after the first quarter, the game was completely on the Raptors' side.
Compared to the first quarter, the 76ers scored a total of 51 points in the last three quarters, and the Raptors took advantage of the 76ers' troubled offensive end and finally won 93-88 against the 76ers.
In a post-game interview, 76ers head coach Doug Rivers talked about the reasons why the team lost the game, the most important of which was the lack of execution on the offensive end:
"We were completely stagnant, we didn't move the ball, we didn't run enough throughout the game, we didn't move the ball, we didn't do much, we didn't play very badly on the offensive end," Doug Rivers said.
Actually, the transfer of the ball was the problem with the offensive end of the 76ers in the past, and the 76ers fell into such a bad habit again in the last three quarters compared to the smooth offense of the first quarter, and Rivers believes that the lack of transfer of the ball also led to the poor shooting efficiency of players such as Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris:
"When you don't have enough transfer of the ball, you don't throw a good ball, we don't have a good enough rhythm of the game, we suck the whole game," Rivers said.
Not only that, But Rivers also talked about the team's performance in rebounding, due to the difference in rotation lineups, the Raptors have good enough physical talent to beat those who do not have excellent rebounding protection:
"We didn't do this well."
For the 76ers, then, they have to learn from this game against the Raptors and solve the problems facing the team at the moment, because only then will they be able to play better in the playoffs.