After g1 beat the Raptors by 20 points, the 76ers, who continued to sit at home, scored another 15-point win at G2. The big score in the series has reached 2-0.
According to the NBA playoff history data, in the 7-game 4-win series, there have been a total of 327 big scores 2-0, and finally 302 leading teams finally advanced, with a promotion probability of 92.6%.
This means that, if nothing else, the 76ers will make it to the second round, and judging from the content of the first two games, the 76ers will most likely easily qualify.
In the G1 game, the 76ers controlled their mistakes to the extreme, with only 4 turnovers in the whole game, and blinded the Raptors, who were mainly defensive counterattacks.
In addition, the 76ers controlled the rebounding on the inside line, did not give the Raptors a second offensive opportunity, and eventually tortured the Raptors to death in the position battle.
G2 confrontation in the 76ers is by virtue of hard power to completely crush the Raptors, compared to the G1 game, in the G2 game, the Raptors will increase the intensity of physical confrontation to the extreme, helplessly, Embiid is not empty of physical confrontation, he ushered in a bottoming rebound in G2, completely destroyed the Raptors' defensive strategy.
In addition, I have to praise the 76ers' backcourt brain Harden, although Harden's scores in two games are not high, and the second game is only 9 shots and 3, only 14 points, but Harden's importance to this 76ers team is irreplaceable.
Even if Harden's offensive ability is not as good as in the past, no team dares to let go of Harden to pack Embiid, and Harden's dismantling of the defensive system is the key to Embiid's ability to easily show dominance on the inside.
This is a huge difference between Harden and Simmons, the former even if questioned, but the offensive threat is still enough to change the opponent's defensive strategy.
In this way, the 76ers' offensive system has changed from the previous internal single-core mode to the current internal and external dual-core juxtaposition, and both have good ball handling ability.
More importantly, the two have scorers and endpoints such as Maxi, Harris and Green, even if Harden and Embiid do not feel good, just by virtue of their huge defensive appeal, they can create a lot of opportunities for other players to easily score.
In this game, Maxi shot 8 of 11 and scored 23 points, harris shot 7 of 11 and got 20 points, the two did have excellent ability, but behind the efficient play, is the double core of the defensive involvement and Harden selfless sharing of the ball.
That way, as long as Embiid and Harden are on the floor at the same time, Harris, Maxi, and Green can get unlimited opportunities.
In the first two games of the series, the 76ers started with a sum of plus-minus of +166, with Maxi totaling +42 plus-minus, Harris +40, Harden +31, Danny Green +30 and Embiid +23.
Therefore, no matter what kind of performance Ben Simmons will deliver in the Nets in the future, the 76ers made a lot of money when they first made 5 for 2 Harden, at least giving the 76ers this season a real chance to compete for the title.
Especially after entering the playoffs, in this star-dominated stage, the performance of the two sides of the transaction showed a huge difference, and Irving clearly paid for his original willfulness.
If Harden is still in the Nets, then the Green Army simply cannot actively choose the Nets team with the Big Three.
Because when Harden, Irving and Durant were on the floor at the same time, the Nets had the highest offensive efficiency in the league's history in the playoffs.
When Harden comes on the scene, even if he does not attack vigorously, his offensive threat is not Simmons can be compared, Irving and Durant can complete the end with peace of mind, just like Embiid and Maxi now.
And the Nets Nash's coaching philosophy is to end up with the stars, Irving and Durant also enjoy this style of play, even if the outside of the small Curry gets a vacancy, it can not get the opportunity, this is the Nets' way of playing, Harden undoubtedly meets this requirement.
Helplessly, Irving's willfulness forced Harden, the latter successfully completed the transformation in the 76ers, no longer have to suffer personal scoring, the former may be because of willfulness, resulting in the final first round of the nets as a title-contending net at the beginning of the season.