On April 19, Beijing time, Philadelphia defeated the Raptors 112-97 to win the first round of G2, after which Philadelphia led the Raptors 2-0. One of the Raptors' cores, Scotty Barnes, was absent due to injury, Nas let Achuva go to the starting point, and Thaddeus Young became the main rotation. The Raptors led by 1 point in the first quarter, beat 35-19 in the second quarter and were overtaken by 15 points, after the third quarter, Philadelphia pulled away to 24 points, and in the last quarter the Raptors shrank to 11 points and were pulled apart again, and Philadelphia won.
Embiid in the first quarter once again showed his unparalleled basketball deterrent, Kenbock was fouled by him in succession when he was on the card, the emperor completed 11 of 12 free throws in a single quarter, and scored 19 points and 3 rebounds on 4 of 6 in the first quarter. However, the Raptors also broke out in the first quarter of Van Jordan, scoring 15 points, 2 assists and 2 steals on 4 of 6 three-pointers in the single quarter, which allowed the Raptors to stalemate with Philadelphia, and VanVleet only had 18 points in G1.
Danny Green hit two three-pointers at the start of the second quarter, and his playoff three-point shooting rose to 286 to rise to 11th all-time. In Embiid's absence, Harden, Maxi, Tielin and Harris led the team to stretch the gap to 11 points. Embiid came on to stretch the gap to 15 points, Embiid did not score 0 of 2 in the second quarter, but Harden scored 9 points in the second quarter, Embiid had 12 free throws at halftime, Harden 7 at halftime, the two combined 19 free throws and the Raptors 7 free throws.
Embiid dunked under the basket, Harris dunked under the basket all from Harden's assist, Embiid's low singles three-man save failed to limit him, Maxi made two fouls, Embiid single-handedly prevented Jordan from letting him reach the free throw line, and then the Raptors rushed three-point shots to be counterattacked, and Nas was stopped again. Maxi was painfully hit by an offensive foul, but got up and grabbed a dragon hit. Philadelphia led by 22 points after the third quarter, Maxi 18+7+6, Harden 14+6+5 and Embiid 28+11.
Sika missed consecutively in the final quarter, but Philadelphia also missed consecutively, and Boucher made a basket and then narrowed to 19 points. Then Boucher hit a three-pointer, the Raptors a wave of 15-2 narrowed to 11 points, Maxi key three-pointers to stabilize the game, and then assisted Tielin's fast attack dunk to pull 19 points again, into the final three minutes of the difference or 17 points The Raptors have to reverse it is difficult. Maxi's throwing shot 1:38 before the final set sealed the win.
Embiid had 12 of 31 points, 11 rebounds + 14 free throws in the game, Harden had 14 points, 6 assists, 6 rebounds and 7 of 8 free throws, the two combined 22 free throws, and the Raptors only had 12 free throws in the game.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream