Harden, who has a huge fan base in China, in order to be able to taste the taste of the championship at the peak of his career, resolutely chose to leave the old big brother Durant and join the Philadelphia 76ers and Embiid to join forces, although after the honeymoon period, Harden's performance has declined to a certain extent, which has also led to their prospects for the championship being looked down, but after the first round of the playoffs, in the face of the more optimistic Raptors, Harden and Embiid took the lead in playing very well, and all the first three games played triumphant songs. Became the first team to win series match points.
But before the start of the fourth game, Embiid's right thumb ligament tear injury, let the fans worry about the fate of the 76ers, this game Embiid still started the game, but the injury obviously affected his offensive state, resulting in the new scoring king can not show the dominance of the four sides, Harden in the case of Embiid's injury, there is no result in the gun in the hands of the latter, the offensive efficiency of the whole game is not very high, while the Raptors core Siakam broke out in a desperate situation, under his leadership, The Raptors also pulled the series to 1-3 110-102, and the familiar score made 76ers head coach Rivers shiver!
In the last game against the Raptors, the 76ers were able to cross the road, and embiid was definitely the biggest contributor, he not only scored 33 points in the whole game, but also hit a three-pointer worth thousands of dollars in the final moments of the game, but in the fourth game between the two sides, Embiid was obviously plagued by hand injuries, and only 7 goals were hit in 16 shots in the whole game, which was far below his season average, and only contributed 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in the whole game. And there were a team-high 5 turnovers.
In the case of Embiid plagued by injuries, the 76ers should stand out the most is Harden, but since leaving Space City, the personal offensive performance has plummeted, the beard, this campaign did not take embiid's gun, the game 17 shots only hit 5 goals, only got 22 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 blocks, and also made 4 mistakes, the whole game Harden's plus-minus -14, the team's lowest once again became the team's loss of the back pot.
Before the start of the series, the Raptors, who were once favored by many experts, finally forced out the strongest Siakam in the life and death battle, the latter changed the previous three games to average less than 20 points per game, this battle on the inside, a person cut 34 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks of comprehensive personal data, in addition, Trent also performed well and soared 24 points, with the two of them playing, the Raptors saved the suspense of this round of the series.
As we all know, the current head coach of the 76ers, Rivers, is the well-known king of the reversal in the league, who was overshadowed from the Clippers that year, because of the playoffs facing the Nuggets, in the 3-1 lead of the good situation was staged by the opponent staged a shocking reversal, and now the familiar score appears again, but also let the fans ridicule is Rivers's passive skill launched, the fifth game between the two sides will return to Philadelphia, jokes, I believe Harden and Embiid can still successfully advance to the second round at their home!