NAB regular season, the Lakers home to meet the East Haoqiang 76ers, both teams in the last game have won, James this game because of the injury situation, choose to take a break, the two teams after four quarters of competition, the Lakers 5 points lost to the 76ers, Westbrook and Howard to do their best, but unfortunately at the critical moment, Howard was abandoned by Vogel, so that the Lakers failed to limit Embiid, resulting in the final loss of the game, the Lakers still did not win consecutively.
The state of the two teams at the beginning was not good, many shots were missed, the 76ers relied on Embiid to score first, the Lakers inside Johnson hit a three-point long shot many times, Maxi continued the injury of the previous game, Howard on the inside line hard Gunnbid, with Augustine's three-point hit, the Lakers led the first quarter by three points, and in the second quarter, Milton's three-pointer was again, Westbrook dominated the offensive and defensive ends, Munch hit three-point shots, the Lakers pulled the point difference, and then Westbrook continued to make mistakes, while the 76ers relied on Embiid and Harris inside to score, and the 76ers overtook 9 points.
In the second half, Embiid and Howard did not end the showdown, the two sides have been around the point difference of about 10 points, Harden suddenly broke out, helping the 76ers to open up the point difference, fortunately Munch is equally strong, with three points to honor Harden, Westbrook and Anthony three-point shot, the Lakers narrowed the point difference to 2 points, to the end of the quarter, Jordan Jr. twice inside the dunk, to help the team improve morale, Anthony, Munch three points to pay tribute, Maxi scored 5 points in a row, Westbrook scored 4 points in a row, howard was abandoned at the critical moment, Embiid scored a foul inside and made two free throws to seal the victory for the 76ers.
In the whole game, 76ers and 4 players scored in double figures, respectively, Harris scored 20 points, Maxi scored 21 points, Embiid got a game-high 30 rebounds, Harden got 24 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, they were able to win, Embiid and Maxi played a decisive role, especially in the key fourth quarter, it was Maxi who scored strongly, and Embiid's key free throws allowed the team to win the final victory, Harden was relatively sluggish, in the game, he was once plagued by injuries, fortunately, no major problems, In the face of the Lakers' weak defense, Harden failed to attack many times, but fortunately, he finally used fouls to get 10 free throws to increase his shooting rate.
Lakers 5 people scored in double figures, 4 players scored more than 20 points, Howard and Westbrook each scored 24 points, becoming a new combination of the Lakers' inside and outside lines, especially Howard scored 24 points and 8 rebounds is his new scoring high this season, but the last moment was abandoned by Vogel again, the Lakers failed to withstand the pressure of the 76ers interior offensive line, Howard did his best in this game, Westbrook is getting better and better, the game got 24 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, although he got 7 mistakes, but in the key final quarter, Westbrook once again showed the strength of a superstar, scoring 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter, and nearly overturned the 76ers. Westbrook's state recovery is good news for the Lakers, who can still fully impact the playoffs when James and Davis return. In addition, Munch and Anthony and Johnson also have a good performance.
It's a game that both Lakers and 76ers fans can accept, with the 76ers taking away the victory, the Lakers fighting until the last minute, abandoning Tucker, reusing Master Huo, and Wei Shaochong inside. Both teams have shown super high strength, the two teams of four core shining on the field, role players also have a good performance, so that the game increased a lot of ornamentation, but also let the fans see that the Lakers have a full opportunity to make a difference in the playoffs, after the game, Wei Shao took the initiative to embrace Harden, the two saluted each other, let the fans moved, perhaps this is the real appearance of basketball, the only regret Howard, after this game can get Vogel's reuse, is still unknown.