On April 17, Beijing time, the 76ers won the game 131-111 in the first game of the playoffs against the Raptors, and after defeating the Raptors, the 76ers could hold a 1-0 lead in the first round of the playoff series. Considering that the Raptors are also a team with a 48-34 record in the regular season, the 76ers who are close to 51 wins in the regular season do need to do their best to have a better chance of winning the series.
In the first game of the first round of the series, the 76ers can be said to have made a "good start" for the team to impact the championship in this year's playoffs. In the whole game, the 76ers team only had three turnovers, which was also a performance of the lowest number of turnovers in the league's playoff history.
Not only that, but the 76ers' all-game 131 points were also the highest scores in the first game of the series in the past 64 rounds of the team's history. Simply put, the 76ers did play well enough on the offensive end of the first game of this year's playoff series.
But to be clear, if the 76ers want to hit the championship trophy this season, they need to continue to maintain that efficiency on the offensive end, and there are two very important premises to be done.
Throughout the game, Teres Maxi, who played 38 minutes, had 38 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 14-of-21 shooting, in addition to 5-of-8 shooting and +20 plus-minus from outside the three-point line. So far this season, Maxie has become a very important part of the 76ers offensive end, so the 76ers will definitely need Maxi to continue to play a stable performance on the offensive end in the next playoff game.
In addition, Joel Embiid can only shoot 5 of 15 and Harden can only shoot 6 of 17 is still a big problem, even if the two can still get 19 points and 22 points respectively, but they will undoubtedly need to improve their shooting feel in future games.
For this 76ers, they still seem to have a good competitive team, at least in the first game to blast 131 points is enough to prove their excellent form on the offensive end, of course, whether Maxi can maintain the form, Embiid and Harden can improve shooting efficiency will also be an important premise for this 76ers to be closer to the championship.