The NBA playoffs first round of contention continued, the 76ers returned home to meet the Raptors, the first two teams scored 3-1, Philadelphia dominated the absolute.
Before the series began, it was thought that it would be the toughest round of the series, because the Raptors were tall, long-armed, tactically literate, and had been playing the role of a strong team killer during the regular season.
As a result, the 76ers directly played a 3-0 start, and G4 also regretted losing the game under the controversial penalty, and returned to the home team 76ers to clearly occupy psychological and lineup advantages.
As soon as the game began, the Raptors continued the state of the previous game, and the 76ers were caught in a battle, and the score of the whole quarter has been very sticky, with Barnes's two points, the Raptors ended the first quarter with a two-point lead.
In the second quarter, Rivers adopted a no-ha-no-emperor lineup at the beginning of the quarter, giving the Raptors a huge chance, and the point difference was quickly pulled to double digits.
Even if Embiid and Harden returned, they could not stop the Raptors from entering the form, and the 76ers scored only 41 points at halftime, setting a new low for a team in the playoffs since 2014 and leaving the team behind by as many as 13 points.
The 76ers continued to set off a wave of counterattacks under the leadership of Embiid, but the role players and other core players were not in good shape, and it seemed that the desire to win was very low, and the point difference remained in double digits.
Entering the final quarter of the scramble, the situation is still the same, only to force the point difference to 9 points in the middle of the quarter, only to be taken away by a wave of raptors.
The Raptors, who eventually played on the road, easily beat the 76ers 103-88, rewriting the series score to 2-3, and the pressure clearly came to Philadelphia's side.
Throughout the game, the 76ers are not right from the core to the state of the role players, and only Embiid is struggling to support.
Embiid, with a finger injury, was caught in foul trouble, shooting 7-of-15 and handing over 20 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.
Unfortunately, he was in foul trouble early in the final quarter, leaving Philadelphia unable to complete the turnover, but Embiid had done his best within control.
In contrast, the performance of the rest of the players is extremely bad, especially the second boss Harden, who once again exposed the old problems.
That is, in the key games, not only can not deliver a better performance, but the overall state must not be online, the whole game Harden shot 4 of 11, got 15 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 break and 1 cap, shot 4 goals, and 5 fouls.
The 76ers still lead 2-3, but the Raptors are clearly the better side at the moment, as the 76ers face four big problems.
The first major problem: Embiid's injury problem, long before the start of the game, Embiid confirmed the right thumb ligament tear injury.
He was supposed to have undergone surgery, but that would have cost him the season, so he chose to play with an injury, which clearly affected his condition.
The second big problem: Harden's sluggish state, it is not difficult to see from this game that Harden is no longer the scoring king of the past, he can not open the situation on the offensive end, and the key moment is very untrustworthy.
The third big problem: Sable can't play on the road, and because he is not vaccinated, Sable can't play in the away game against the Raptors.
In the G3-G4 showdown, Sebel was absent, causing him to find no rhythm at G5 at all, shooting only 1 of 6.
The fourth big problem: the Raptors are in full swing, the Raptors have won two consecutive games, and one win more than one, from the performance on the court, the Raptors can be described as playing better and better, gradually getting better, plus the G6 return to home, the 76ers are obviously a more stressful side.