On April 19, Beijing time, Philadelphia led the Raptors by 15 points 67-52 in the first half of the first round of G2, and the "Embiid + Harden + Maxi" big three combined to cut 44 points to become the key to the lead, especially Embiid bombed 19 points in the first quarter, and he made 12 free throws in the first half, and the number of free throws by one person was only 7 times more than the first two quarters of the Raptors.
As the first round of the group showdown that was originally hailed as the most suspenseful, Philadelphia won the opening game with a big victory over the Raptors in the first playoff game. In the second game, Philadelphia trailed by 1 point 32-33 in the first quarter, and then played a 35-19 net 16-point offensive in the second quarter to surpass the Raptors by 15 points at 67-52 in the first half.
Philadelphia scored 19 points in the first quarter with embiid to battle the Raptors, while VanVleet scored 15 points in four three-pointers in the first quarter, making the two the players who scored the most points in their teams' first quarters. However, in the second quarter of the game, in the case of Embiid's single quarter of 0 points, Harden and Maxi gradually played, and Philadelphia won 35-19 in the second quarter with 16 points, thus turning the situation around in one fell swoop.
Throughout the first half of the game, Philadelphia's Big Three Embiid had 19 points and 7 rebounds, Maxi 11 points and 4 assists, Harden 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks were extremely versatile, and the trio combined to score 44 points was unstoppable.
More critically, Philadelphia won 16 free throws 23-7 in the first two quarters of the free throw count, of which Embiid had 12 free throws, which was already 5 more than the Raptors team, so it is no wonder that Raptors coach Nas complained about the number of free throws after the first game.
It is worth mentioning that before the end of the first half, Harden broke through to create a foul, once accidentally hooked embiid, almost injured his teammates by mistake, fortunately, both fell to the ground without major trouble, Embiid was just a bit of a limp.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)