The 76ers are once again facing the Raptors
In just one game, the Philadelphia 76ers proved themselves, they beat the Toronto Raptors strongly, got the series opening red, and most importantly, this game, the 76ers played a perfect team fit, Harden's organizational tandem, And Maxie's perfect debut, all impressed people. However, to win the series, you need to get four wins, and the 76ers are still three games away. This game, the second game of the series, became particularly important, and the 76ers could really take the initiative if they won.
However, the Toronto Raptors will not sit still, although Barnes suffered an ankle sprain and could not play in this game, but the thickness of this team's front line is excellent, as well as Siakam and Anunoby, they can still bring great trouble to the 76ers, despise them, and will definitely pay a price.
Harden turned on wellness mode
Embiid showed unparalleled dominance in the first quarter, making seven fouls in a single quarter, scoring 12 free throws, and having 19 points and three rebounds, leaving the Raptors helpless. However, Harden only had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Maxi did not score a point, the 76ers scored 32 points in a single quarter, and the Raptors bombed 33 points, of which VanVleet hit 4 three-pointers, 15 points, 2 assists and 2 steals. After returning from the second quarter, Harden began to exert himself, with 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Maxi also had 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting.
The 76ers drove full power, and the team still bombed 35 points without a single point from Embiid, while the Raptors fell into a scoring drought, and the team only scored 19 points in a single quarter. At the end of the half, the 76ers led the Raptors by as many as 15 points 67-52. In the second half, the Raptors still did not find their touch, and only scored 19 points in a single quarter, while Maxi and Embiid scored 16 points, Harris also had 7 points and 1 rebound, Harden opened the health mode, and the 76ers still extended the lead to 24 points.
After returning from the final quarter, the 76ers took 2 points first, but the Raptors responded with a wave of 15-0 small climaxes, and at the crucial moment, Maxi's three-pointers were not soft, the 76ers began to be serious, the Raptors could not narrow the point difference to single digits, and time passed minute by minute. With the final whistle sounding, the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 112-97 to take a 2-0 lead in the series.
The Raptors' number of free throws is touching
James Harden did not exert force, the whole game played 41 minutes, but only 9 shots, hit 3 goals, got 14 shots, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks of data, according to the reason, Harden played like this, the team should be extremely difficult, but no, the 76ers won the game, win very easily. The first was Embiid, who shot 31 points and 11 rebounds on 9-of-16 shooting, then Maxie had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists on 8-of-11 shooting, and Harris also had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks on 7-of-11 shooting, which was extremely efficient.
In addition to this, veteran Danny Green also had a showdown. This Spurs veteran, the regular season pretended to die, the playoffs came to the starting, hit 3 three-pointers to get 11 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, and the playoff three-point shooting number was only 6 times away from Kobe Bryant, the tenth in history. The Raptors worked hard, VanVleet had 20 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, Siakam 20 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and Anunoby had 26 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, but they only had 12 free throws in this game, losing to Embiid, which was very touching, while the 76ers got 30 free throws.