Beijing time on April 17, today, the philadelphia 76ers and Toronto Raptors' first playoff game came to an end, and in the end, the 76ers lived up to expectations and defeated the menacing Raptors 131-111. In this game, the 76ers started the Five Tigers, except for Danny Green (1 of 6), the other four performed well, especially the youngster Maxi. In this game, Maxi's limelight overshadowed harden and Embiid, becoming the most concerned focus of the whole game. In this campaign, Maxi gave and demanded, he played 38 minutes, 14 of 21, 5 of 8 three-pointers, and bombed 38 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
It is worth mentioning that Maxi did not make a single mistake in this game, and the plus-minus value of +20 was the highest in the whole game. His outstanding performance also allowed him to set two major records, the first record, Maxie surpassed Barkley at 21 years and 164 days to become the youngest player in the 76ers' history playoff history, and the second record, Maxie's 38 points set a new career playoff scoring record. Maxi's performance in the third quarter was particularly hot, when the Raptors launched a counterattack, and Siakam and VanVleet continued to chase points, and it was on the verge of narrowing the point difference to single digits.
But the young Maxi stepped forward in time, he first hit a cold-blooded three-pointer, then reached the basket and won again, just two rounds later, Maxi scored a difficult 2+1, after scoring this goal, Maxi ignited the atmosphere of the home stadium, and the fans fell into a carnival of mountain tsunamis. However, Maxie's performance is not over, after a while, he forced the basket to win, followed by three points of rain, and finally hit the basket to create a foul and go to the free throw line, in the third quarter, Maxy scored 21 points in a single quarter, the state is very hot, the Raptors simply can't take him.
In the last quarter, due to the point difference is too large, Maxi does not shoot much, the ball is handed over to Harden and Embiid, Harris, the performance of these three people is also very powerful today, Harden feels general, 6 of 17, but cut 22 points, 5 rebounds and 14 assists, including assists the first in the game, plus or minus +14 in the whole game, this campaign, Harden only had 1 mistake; Harris woke up like a dream, 9 of 14, the performance is second only to Maxi, he cut down 26 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists of the comprehensive data, Harris's performance in this battle is worthy of his annual salary, and his plus-minus is +17 second in the game.
Embiid didn't feel good in this game, 5 of 15, but he was also able to cut the 19+15+4 stats, and there were no mistakes in the whole game. The 76ers are able to win for two reasons, the first is that the starting four are energetic enough, and the second is that the control of mistakes is very good, they have only 3 turnovers in the whole game, equaling the lowest number of mistakes in NBA playoff history. This game is enough to show that the 76ers have the strength to challenge any team in the league.