Beijing time on March 24, today, the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the Philadelphia 76ers away to challenge the Los Angeles Lakers, this is a contest between the fourth in the East and the ninth in the West, the first quarter ended, the Lakers led by 3 points, the second quarter ended, the 76ers surpassed 9 points. In this game, the Lakers lacked James and thick eyebrows, and thought that the game would show a one-sided trend, but unexpectedly, the Lakers led the opponent by 3 points in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, the Lakers performed poorly on the offensive end, Embiid dominated the inside line, and cut down 16+7+2 data at halftime.
Embiid's excellent performance also helped the team to complete the counter-overtaking, in the first half, the performance of the core defenders of the two teams, Harden and Wei Shao, were not satisfactory, Wei Shao could only contribute 4 +4 +4 data in the half, and there were many mistakes; of course, Harden's performance in the half was not very good, Harden's crazy iron in the first half, 10 shots only hit 2 goals, got 5 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, but there was no mistake, the plus or minus value was +7, Harden felt bad, but compared to Wei Shao, it was still much better.
In the third quarter, Harden was accidentally injured in the last attack of the quarter, it seemed that there was a knee problem, and then, Harden also walked back to the locker room on his own, the situation was not very optimistic, in the third quarter, Harden's data was 6 of 17, contributing 21 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and 2 mistakes. The 76ers exposed two major shortcomings in this quarter, the first is that hardened, there is no second stable guard, and the second is that Embiid does not have a second strong center after the game, so under the attack of Munch and Howard, the Lakers narrowed the point difference to 2 points in the third quarter.
Embiid also had injuries this game, with constant problems with his back, the 76ers' most obvious problem of the season. For Rivers, it is necessary to manage Embiid and Harden injuries, otherwise even if they enter the playoffs, it is believed that the 76ers will have a hard time going too far against strong opponents in the East. It seems that Harden is unlikely to return to this game, and his injury is worrying. Harden was in good shape in the third quarter, but unfortunately, just as he turned on scoring mode, the injury struck unexpectedly.
For Harden, staying healthy is the most important thing at the moment, at the same time, Embiid should also choose a truce in the game that does not need to win, after all, the championship is their biggest goal this year, the Bucks in the East, Celtics and Heat, Bulls are all strong teams, the 76ers want to rush out, the double star must stay healthy at the same time, looking forward to Harden's healthy return.