On March 24, Beijing time, the Lakers lost to Philadelphia 121-126, this game LeBron James was absent because of the left knee effusion, Vogel posed as a Westbrook + Reeves + Stanley + Gabriel + Howard start, and Philadelphia Side Embiid and Harden both returned, the Lakers led by 3 points in the first quarter, Philadelphia played Philadelphia in the second quarter to surpass 9 points, the Lakers were still 2 points behind after the third quarter, and the Lakers were still trying to chase points in the last quarter.
This game because there is no James, so the focus is on Embiid and Harden, Embiid this game needs 38 points to surpass James to return to the top of the scoring list, the opening Embiid showed a strong aggressiveness, 4 of 8 in a single quarter to score 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, Howard scored 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in the first quarter and was fouled twice by Embiid.
In the second quarter, the Lakers' Howard and Westbrook were continuously blown technical fouls, Embiid's ability to make fouls is indeed too strong, the second quarter emperor scored 6 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in 4 minutes, and had 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in the 15 minutes of the half. Harden had a poor first quarter of half, 2-of-10, 3-of-3 three-pointers, and 5 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. But the game was firmly under Philadelphia's control.
In the third quarter, Stanley Johnson was whistled for a technical foul, Munch even scored 10 points and sent a second pass, Anthony also scored 5 points in a single quarter, Howard also scored 10 points in the third quarter, the Lakers played a 39-32 small climax to narrow the point difference to 2 points, the third quarter Lakers and Philadelphia's defensive intensity is not high, Westbrook also found a feel in the third quarter to take 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, but the three quarters of 7 mistakes are still eye-catching.
In the final quarter, Embiid scored 4 consecutive points in the break, Maximi scored 3 points and 2 assists to help Philadelphia pull away to 7 points again, there were 7 minutes left for Embiid and Harden to return together, Howard made a foul after two free throws all narrowed to 5 points, Maxi broke through the hit and then shot into the three-point Philadelphia to control the overall situation again, 47 seconds before the final Game Philadelphia also led by 8 points, Westbrook took 4 consecutive points to narrow to 4 points in one round, Embiid made two foul shots, Munch's key three points were powerless by the Cap Lakers.
Howard became the best player in the Lakers' campaign, 9 of 14 in 28 minutes of the game with 24 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block; Embiid had 35 minutes in the game, 11 of 19, 30 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks, Howard's stats are actually not inferior to Embiid, but Philadelphia's Harris 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Maxi 21 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds, Harden 24 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds, the Big Four totaled 95 points, 29 rebounds and 22 assists.
Text/Yan Xiaobai