On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued to unfold, the 76ers and the Raptors ushered in the G5 competition, the first four games after playing the 76ers scored a 3-1 lead, as long as this win will advance to the next round. The Raptors played quite actively in this game, falling into a tug-of-war in the first quarter, and the Raptors opened the second quarter with a wave of 12-0 point difference, and then maintained the lead, and the 76ers trailed the Raptors 41-54 after halftime.
In this campaign, the Raptors' VanVleet was absent due to injury, and the team was forced to adjust the starting lineup; the 76ers remained unchanged, or Harden, Maxi, Green, Harris and Embiid.
Harden scored from mid-range at the beginning of the game, but after that, the Raptors played a wave of 10-2 attacks, and the 76ers Harris hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, after which the Raptors still had the upper hand and played more aggressively. Fortunately, after the 76ers regained their touch, constantly took points to narrow the point gap, and fell into a tug-of-war in the last moment, with the Raptors Oolong scoring, the 76ers fell behind 27-29 after the first quarter of the game.
In the second quarter, the 76ers suddenly had no feel and couldn't score consecutive shots, the Raptors seized the opportunity, Boucher completed the dunk, Andiakam made a dragon layup, directly hit the 76ers, and opened the game 12-0 to open the point difference to 14 points. After returning, Green's three-point shot broke the scoring drought, Embiid hit a three-point success, Harris broke through and scored, a wave of 8-0 directly stopped the Raptors. Back the Raptors quickly scored points, Green hit 2 three-pointers on three points, but the Raptors regained their touch, Achuva hit a three-point shot, and the 76ers failed to respond, and the 76ers fell behind the Raptors 41-54 after halftime.
After half-time, the 76ers were still a bit unfavorable, and the feel was very sluggish, with 5-of-19 three-pointers. Harden only had 5 points, Maxi 2 points, fortunately Embiid had 13 points and 7 rebounds, Harris 10 points, and Green hit 3 three-pointers, otherwise he would have been pulled apart by the half. The 76ers need to get back in shape in the second half, and it would be very disadvantageous to have opponents drag the series into Game 6.