Beijing time on April 26, today, the NBA playoffs continue, the Raptors away to challenge the 76ers, the first 4 games, the 76ers have an absolute advantage, 3-1 lead, however, Embiid suffered a thumb ligament tear, for the 76ers, the situation is very unoptimistic. This game, for the Raptors, is a contest to win or go home. In the first quarter, the two teams fought hard to score, the Raptors led the opponent by 2 points 29-27, and entered the second quarter, the Raptors blossomed more points, and the point difference was widened to 13 points.
Yi Bian fought again, the Raptors took advantage of the victory to pursue, and under the leadership of Siakam, they stretched the gap to 19 points. In the final quarter, the 76ers narrowed the gap to 12 points in the first eight minutes or so, and the game was suspended. Timeout back, Embiid strong kill basket was robbed, Siakam scored Barnes, the latter then passed to the outside of Trent, Trent did not disappoint, three points and one arrow through the heart, but Harden immediately three points also in color, the Raptors side more and more courageous, Anunoby strong kill basket to complete a one-arm dunk, the point difference came to 14 points, the game was suspended again.
In the final moments, the 76ers have withdrawn the two main forces, Rivers officially surrendered, the two sides came and went, and in the end, the Raptors defeated the opponent 103-88, and the total score was 2-3, which looked like a reversal trend. In this game, Embiid played 40 minutes, 7 of 15, contributing 20 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, but there were 4 turnovers; Harden played 39 minutes, 4 of 11, only 15 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists, a game-high 5 turnovers; Maxi was not in good shape, 5 of 14, contributing 12 points and 4 assists; Harris was 6 of 16, with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
Green made 14 points and 4 rebounds on 5-of-10 shooting, becoming a fig leaf for the team; Niang 3 points and 2 rebounds; Sable 2 points and 2 rebounds; on the Raptors side, Anunoby had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists; Siakam was 10-of-17, cutting 23 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists; Trent had 16 points and 3 assists; Barnes had 12 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists; and Achuva had 17 points and 7 rebounds. This game exposed the two major shortcomings of the 76ers, the first is that after Embiid went off, the team's internal line was unusable, and the second major shortcoming, the 76ers bench was really not good, and the 9 substitute players only scored 11 points in total.
On the contrary, on the Raptors' side, Achuva alone scored 17 points, and the entire team bench scored a total of 29 points, which is enough to prove the gap between the bench seats between the two sides. Then again, Harden has really not played well in recent games, if you want to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals, in addition to Embiid, Harden must play offensive aggression, decisively kill the basket, impact the Raptors interior, in addition, the 76ers bench also has to stand up, Sable, Niang and Milton and others can not be useless.