On April 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the 76ers narrowly defeated the Cavaliers 112-108 on the road and struggled to win this game. The 76ers didn't play well in the first half, trailing the Cavaliers by 12 points at most and falling behind in the final moments of the game. Fortunately, Embiid ushered in the second half, and Harden also made a difference in the key moments, the team with the performance of these two players, they successfully reversed the Cavaliers on the road, won this game, and won two consecutive wins.
Embiid showed a superstar-level ability to adjust in this game, and after being targeted by opponents in the first quarter with only 4 points and 4 rebounds on 1 of 6, Embiid played MVP-level performance in the second quarter, including 13 points in the second quarter, 14 points in the third quarter, and 13 points in the fourth quarter. After a sluggish first quarter, Embiid scored 40 points in the last three quarters and was very capable of adjusting.
In the whole game, Embiid tried his best, he played 38 minutes, 12 of 26 shots to get 44 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks of data, such a performance can be described as an attack and defense integration, in the game Embiid showed his own dominance, the team can win the game, Embiid is definitely the number one contributor.
Although Harden's shooting in this game is very bad, but fortunately, Harden's finish and free throw performance at key moments are very good, and he has a good performance in the attack of the whole team and the rebounding, he makes up for the lack of his shooting efficiency in these aspects, and he is also the key player of the team to win. Harden played 41 minutes and had a triple-double of 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on 4-of-13 shooting, and harden was Embiid's best helper in this game.
It is worth mentioning that after beating the Cavaliers, congratulations also to the 76ers, who have officially locked up a playoff spot, and the team currently continues to rank 4th in the East, 2 wins behind the Heat, the 1st in the East, and the gap is not very large.
Of course, although the 76ers won this game, the team still exposed a lot of shortcomings, such as in addition to Embiid and Harden, the other players on the team did not perform well, only 4 people on the team scored in double figures, except for Embiid who got 44+17 and Harden got a triple-double, Harris scored 11 points on 4-of-14 shooting, Maxi scored 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting, and the other players scored in single digits.
Although the team lineup looks strong, it is difficult for players to work hard at the same time, they can not give Harden and Embiid a lot of help, and the team lineup is still in the stage of running-in. In the next few games, how to maximize the role of this lineup, and still be able to play a good performance around Harden and Embiid, this will test Rivers's coaching ability. If you can run into a good lineup, the 76ers will be a championship-level team, and if the run-in is not good, then the team will be difficult to go further in the playoffs, for Rivers, this is a big problem, how he will solve, this is worth looking forward to.