After three consecutive defeats and a hasty road trip, the Philadelphia 76ers, who ranked fourth in the East, returned home to challenge the ninth-place Hornets in the East.
In terms of the 76ers, although Embiid is in hot form, whether the 76ers can defend the home stadium, Harden + Harris + Maxi obviously need to play.
On the other hand, on the Side of the Hornets, Hayward came back from injury, and what kind of game performance Hayward can play in this battle has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game!
However, after four quarters of play, with an 11-4 scoring climax, the 76ers who played at home easily suppressed the Hornets in the first half and occupied the initiative on the field.
Coupled with the return of the second half, embiid + Maxi in the third quarter, the 76ers took advantage of the chase, and the point difference was once stretched to 23 points, which also made the final quarter battle lose suspense early.
In the end, the 76ers also beat the Hornets 144-114 at home, ending the losing streak strongly, and also gave the opponent Hornets a 30-point defeat!
Playing at home in this game, the 76ers swept away the decline during the losing streak, played a 7-man scoring double-double, and the team performance of all the soldiers won a 30-point victory.
In the case of the main forces such as Maxi + Sable + Niang, continuing their stable performance, the play of the three major players Embiid + Harris + Harden is particularly critical!
Embiid was very efficient in this game, starting 31 minutes, shooting more than 70% of the 12-of-16 shooting, and scoring a game-high 29 points, plus a double-double performance of 14 rebounds and 6 assists.
Among them, in the third quarter, his heroic performance of scoring 10 points in a single quarter not only helped the 76ers quickly open the score gap, but also gave and demanded on the inside line, dominating both ends of the attack and defense!
In addition, as one of the team's main attackers, Harris's play in this game also played a crucial role.
In this campaign, Harris fired in full force, shooting 5 three-pointers in the whole game, delivering an all-round performance of 23+5+4+1, providing the 76ers with strong outside firepower and containment!
Of course, the 76ers were able to beat the Hornets in this game, and the performance of the team's core guard James Harden was also great.
Harden lived up to expectations, starting 29 minutes and contributing a quasi-triple-double performance of 12 points, 8 rebounds , 13 assists + 1 steal.
Not only in the offensive end, but also in the organizational end, the tandem and activation of the whole team's attack, successfully affected the trend of the game!
On the other hand, on the Side of the Hornets, the team was comprehensively crushed at both ends of the attack and defense in this game, and finally swallowed the 30-point rout, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, in the case of bridges + Rozier + Oubre and other main players, each performing their duties, the three-goal Play of Lamelo Ball in this campaign is indeed a bit unsatisfactory!
In this game, Lamelo Bauer was slightly sluggish, starting 25 minutes, 12 shots only 5 in the hand feel bad, not to mention, the whole game, the three-goal individual has as many as 6 mistakes, it can be said that in vain buried a lot of great opportunities to chase points!
In the case of the three-goal Lamelo Ball losing the crosshairs, facing the multi-point blossoming 76ers, the Hornets generals who worked hard for a whole but did not return seemed to have no choice but to accept the reality of the fiasco.
More importantly, after losing to the 76ers in this game, the Hornets' regular season record has also reached 40 wins and 38 losses, and the ranking has been officially overtaken by the Hawks and dropped to tenth in the East.
Obviously, for the Hornets, although the team has basically determined the qualification for the playoffs, if they continue to play with such performances, the Hornets' play-off prospects and situation will undoubtedly become not optimistic!