On March 22, Beijing time, the NBA field broke out of the big cold! Philadelphia, missing Embiid and Harden, beat the Eastern Conference No. 1 Heat 113-106 at home to end their opponent's two-game winning streak. In this game, missing two cores of Philadelphia, Maxi became the savior of the decisive moment offensive and defensive. Both Maxi and Milton shot down 20+, and the team scored in double figures. It can be said that the excellent performance of Philadelphia's role players has given Harden Embiid hopes of winning the championship.
After losing the previous game, Philadelphia City coach Rivers chose to take off Harden and Embiid in back-to-back games. Just when everyone thought Philadelphia was going to strategically abandon the game, Philadelphia's role players played a very good game. In the first quarter, the Heat led 32-26, but they already felt the level of effort of the Philadelphia players. By the end of halftime, Philadelphia had already come up 57-56.
The two sides then continued to glue, and the heat was still unable to pull away. Instead, at key moments, Colkmaz and Harris scored five consecutive points to back the game. Maxi then broke through 2+1 to give Philadelphia a five-point lead at 106-101. With Maxie hitting a three-pointer in the final minute, Philadelphia took a 109-101 lead, with only 1 minute and 34 seconds left in the game. The balance of victory has been completely tilted in Philadelphia.
After Maxie hit the ball, Embiid, who was watching from the sidelines in civilian clothes, was also very excited, and he yelled at Maxy to celebrate. The fans at the scene could not sit still and stood up and cheered. Throughout the game, Maxi blasted down 28 points, 5 boards and 4 assists, Milton scored 20 points, Kolkmaz scored 18 points, Harris 14 points and Niang 15 points. Although the Heat were in doubles with 5 people, they failed to withstand the key moment.
For Philadelphia, although this victory does not bring much uncertainty to the impact of the Eastern Conference first, and may not even be the victory they want (coming to the second is likely to face the Nets), but beating the First Place in the East with a residual team, Philadelphia fans are undoubtedly very happy, because it means that the overall strength of the team has the confidence to compete for the title.