After winning G1 strongly and taking a 1-0 lead in the playoffs, the Philadelphia 76ers will continue to sit at home and will compete with the Raptors for the first round of G2 in the playoffs.
In terms of the 76ers, Maxi is in a hot state, and whether the 76ers can take advantage of the chase and win the G2 score 2-0 and then go to the next city has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game.
On the other hand, the Raptors side, Scotty Barnes is absent due to injury, Achuva enters the starting lineup, whether the Raptors can withstand the pressure to equalize the score, it is obvious that they will also be caught in a bitter battle!
However, after four quarters of competition, with a perfect single quarter of 35-19, the 76ers who played at home easily suppressed the Raptors in the first half and achieved a huge advantage of 15 points.
Coupled with the return of the second half, embiid + Maxi + Harris in the third quarter successively, the 76ers took advantage of the victory to chase, in one fell swoop to expand the point difference to 24 points, which also made the final quarter lose suspense early.
The 76ers, who were finally full of enthusiasm, also beat the Raptors at home 112-97, winning a 15-point victory at the same time, but also 2-0 in the playoffs and then the next city, achieving an absolute advantage!
Playing at home in this game, the 76ers continued the fiery state of G1, playing a 5-man scoring double-double, all-staff team offensive, and won a 15-point victory.
In the case of harden + Danny Green + Harris and other main players, each performing its own duties, the team ace Embiid, and the play of young main force Maxi, is particularly critical!
Embiid dominated the inside line in this game, starting 36 minutes, shooting 9 of 16 free throws, 14 of 12 free throws, and blasted a game-high 31 points, plus a double-double performance of 11 rebounds.
Among them, his heroic performance of cutting 19 points in the first quarter of the single-rider level not only helped the 76ers to open the situation smoothly, but also almost single-handedly hoisted the offensive and defensive ends of the Raptors' inner line!
Of course, the 76ers were able to beat the Raptors again in this game, and the performance of the team's youth main force, Maxi, also played a crucial role.
Maxi was very efficient, starting 40 minutes, shooting more than 70% of the shots in 8 of 11 shots, shooting 3 three-pointers from the outside, contributing 23 points + 9 rebounds + 8 assists + 1 steal + 1 block of the quasi-triple-double performance.
Not only did it gain something on the offensive end, continuing the fiery feel of G1, but also on the defensive end, it disrupted the Raptors' offensive rhythm and deployment many times, and once again played a key role in the winner and loser of the game!
And rationally speaking, in the case of an absolute advantage of 2-0 in the big score, and the four cores of Maxi + Embiid + Harris + Harden are as good as day and day, I have to say that this strong 76ers team, the probability of standing out in the first round of the playoffs, has indeed become bigger and bigger!
On the other hand, on the Raptors side, although the team played a tenacious performance of three people 20+ in this game, the team collapsed again at both ends of the attack and defense, and finally swallowed 15 points to rout, and the game process of falling behind by 0-2 by a large score obviously needs to be examined.
After all, in Anunoby played well, the whole game won 26 + 1 + 3 + 1 full performance, this battle Siakam + VanVleet play, indeed somewhat unsatisfactory!
Although Siakam delivered a personal performance of 20+10+5+1 in this game, rationally speaking, his shooting percentage of only 7 of 20 shots in the whole game, as well as the 5 fouls on his back, are really not outstanding.
And G2 faced the 76ers, VanVleet still could not find the feeling, the whole game 23 shots only 7, three-point shots 16 shots only 5, it can be said that wasted a lot of scoring opportunities!
What's more crucial is that the team's main attacker Trent Jr. has been fighting with illness for only 8 minutes in this game, and then he left the game again due to discomfort, which is nothing more than worse for the Raptors, which is already short of manpower!
As for whether the Raptors can achieve a strong rebound in the G3 game back to home, rewrite the big score to 1-2 to save face and retain the suspense of the series, we seem to have to wait and see.