The Raptors pulled back a city
Harden committed six fouls, embiid with a three-pointer, successfully defeated the Toronto Raptors, revenge three years ago. The gentleman took revenge, and ten years later, Embiid once again proved himself that what he had lost, he must take back. With this determination to take revenge, Embiid is determined to play the fourth game with an injury, which undoubtedly sends a signal to the team that we are going to end the series in the fourth game without giving the opponent any chance. However, the Raptors will never want to be swept out.
In the first three quarters of the game, the two teams can be described as between Bo Zhong, the 76ers are at most 4 points ahead, and most of the rest of the time is tightly clenched, but in the final quarter, the referee's decision broke this balance, Siakam continued to walk on the free throw line, and the Raptors' lead once came to 14 points. The 76ers continued to catch up, but in the end it was a 102-110 loss to the Raptors, and the series score was rewritten to a 3-1 lead.
76 lost! Embiid refuses surgery, Harden reflects on himself, and Rivers doesn't forget to ridicule.
Rivers faces a challenge
Whether it's a 3-0 lead or a 3-1 lead, the 76ers are an absolute dominant side, but for Rivers, the number 3-1 has a different meaning. In Rivers' coaching career, he was reversed three times by his opponents in the case of a 3-1 lead in the big score, so this time, everyone's eyes were on Rivers. Humanity has been reversed to the essence, this time there is a chance to prove itself?
The Toronto Raptors won a game, and Barnes, who had just won the Best Rookie trophy, made a comeback in this game, but the balance of the series did not change. The Raptors' core point guard, VanVleet, suffered an injury in this game and only played 14 minutes, with 5 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. VanVleet's importance to this team is self-evident, because you can't expect Siakam to get 15 free throws, 34 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists every game like this one.
The 76ers lost, and it was more of their own problems. James Harden shot 5-of-17, with only 22 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, Embiid 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, shooting 7-of-16 from the field, and the feel of the two stars was not ideal. Maxi, who became a miracle soldier in the playoffs, was 11 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists on 4-of-12 shooting, and Harris was the only player in the team's starting lineup to shoot more than 50%, with 15 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks on 7-of-12 shooting. Danny Green shot 2-of-10 and had just 6 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Embiid refused surgery
Harden immediately reflected on himself after the game, admitting that the loss sounded a wake-up call for the team, which may be a good thing, we think things are easy, but it is not. This defeat is about no one, only about ourselves. Embiid believes that it is the referee's reason. After the game, Embiid applauded the referee, and when talking about this behavior after the game, Embiid also said that the applause was because the referee came with the task, and they did a good job. They did, so I want to congratulate them.
Talking about his thumb injury, Embiid confessed that he would not have surgery, and if he needed surgery, he would wait until the end of the season. From here, we can see embiid's determination to win the championship, which is probably why Harden came here. Rivers, on the other hand, was a little angry: they deserved the victory, and we would not complain about the penalty after the game like they did. As for the injuries that followed in the series, Rivers said that in this series, maybe only me and Nas are left one-on-one, then I will have the advantage in the alignment.