In the first round of G1 in these four playoff games, the 76ers' home game against the Raptors is full of highlights, after all, this group of offensive and defensive duels is highly targeted: the 76ers are balanced inside and outside, and the raptors have long arms and athletic ability just right. So many fans are expecting that the Raptors' powerful forward line will lock harden's offense and force the 76ers into Embiid's one-man infinite singles. But will the facts really develop according to such expectations? Speculation is only a theoretical possibility, the current real-time situation is affected by various factors on the field, it is bound to not be so easy to predict, otherwise the championship trophy can be directly awarded.
Judging from the lineups of both sides, they are in a very healthy state, so that there will not be too much unfairness. The 76ers have a better offensive advantage because they have top guards like Harden and unsolvable interior beasts like Embiid. The Raptors have a strong frontal group, can pose a per capita height of about two meters, the players' strong athleticism can well suppress the opponent's counterattack fast attack, so the Raptors' advantage lies in the defense of the outside.
After the game began, the 76ers quickly played to their offensive advantage, leading the Raptors almost every game, and maintaining a good shooting feel on the outside. Despite Harden's average offensive efficiency and Danny Green's inaccurate outside three-pointers, the team still shot 16 three-pointers and maintained a 50% three-point shooting rate, making the Raptors' front-line defense lose resilience and patience. Harden himself had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 14 assists on 6-of-17 shooting, and only one turnover in the game, taking his organizational skills to the extreme.
Why did the Raptors lose? It was the inability to stop the opponent's offense, giving up the role players other than Harden and Embiid to play a good offense. Isn't that? Maxi played well under Harden's "feeding shots", shooting 7 of 8 in the third quarter, including 2 of 2 three-pointers and 5 of 5 free throws; 38 minutes of the game, 14 of 21 shots, including 5 of 8 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, one person scored 38 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, plus or minus +20 high on the team.
As a result, this is the first time ThatCkasy has started in the playoffs, and he scored 38 points, making him the youngest player in the history of the 76ers to score 35+ points. According to statistics, Maxi's performance of 38 points and 0 mistakes became the first person in the team's history to playoff. You know, this is a second-year rookie, but it is the courage of "the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger". Whether it's a three-point shot or a free throw from a killer shot after a basket, Maxi played aggressively, giving us a glimpse of the potential of a superstar in him.
After Simmons left the team, we were all lamenting that the 76ers had lost a big one, how can we make up for it? In fact, it is precisely because of Simmons's farce that Maxi has been given more opportunities to play, and after Harden's arrival, he has played very aggressively, and has played 30+ offensive points in the regular season, which is the light of his strong scoring ability. Now at a higher level of the playoffs, Maxie's scoring ability has finally been shown, and this time he seized it.
It just so happens that there is also a "West" word in his name, and perhaps he is more suitable for the 76ers in terms of offense, which can make up for Harden's lack of ability to play the ball. Nowadays, Maxi has played his due strength, to know that he is only a 21-year-old boy, but he also uses hardcore on-field performance to let fans around the world see his value. In his second year, he had the privilege of playing with seniors like Harden and Embiid, and in time, he would certainly be able to take on a heavy role on the team. Nowadays, he still needs to improve his defensive strength in actual combat in order to become a defender who integrates attack and defense, so the maximum salary is likely to run.