On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued. The 76ers' series of showdowns against the Raptors came to the fifth game. VanVleet was sidelined due to injury in this game. After a four-quarter battle between the two teams, the Raptors defeated the 76ers 103-88 to pull the series total score to 2-3.
The 76ers' main players did not play well in this game, and although Embiid contributed 20 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, he lost all four shots from outside the three-point line. Harris had 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists on 6-of-16 shooting, Harden had 4-of-11 and 2-of-6 from outside the three-point line with 15 points and seven assists and five turnovers. Green had 14 points and four rebounds, and Maxi had 12 points and four assists.
The 76ers lost this game, which is undoubtedly the best time to miss the team's promotion, and also gave the Raptors one more chance to breathe. The well-known data website FiveThirtyEight gave the 76ers the latest promotion probability after the game, although they still have an 88% chance of advancing to the semifinals, but compared with the pre-game 97% has fallen 9%, compared to the 3-0 time of more than 99% also has a large decline. That's not a good sign for the 76ers.
The next game is back at home for the Raptors, and the Raptors who play at home are bound to be more confident of dragging the game into the seventh game. In the previous two games against the Raptors, the 76ers' first game with the Raptors needed to fight until overtime, relying on Embiid's killer three-pointer to win the game. The Second Game Raptors relied on Siakam's wild performance in the final quarter to win back a city. For the 76ers, the previous two games on the road were tough battles, and the situation in the next game is still not optimistic. FiveThirtyEight believes the next game 76ers have a 53 percent chance of winning, and the situation between the two sides will be 55.
Before this year's playoffs began, there were 143 3-0 appearances in the league's history, with teams that won the playing points invariably won the series. There were three times when the trailing side managed to chase the game to 3-3 on aggregate, the Knicks in 1951, the Nuggets in 1994 and the Blazers in 2003, but they all fell in front of the goal of the game seven. The Raptors are now morale up, not without the opportunity to drag in the seventh after 19 years, in the case of 0-3 behind, after all, the historical record also needs to be broken by the team personally.
76ers head coach Rivers is hailed as the king of reversals in the league, and his coaching career has been reversed seven times in the lead, and three times in the case of a 3-1 lead is also the most in the league. So when the Raptors pulled two innings in a row, the 76ers were undoubtedly in a hurry and needed to sound the alarm. In addition, Harden's performance in these 5 games is a bit difficult to say, in addition to G3, the rest of the 4 games shooting rate is less than 40%, three-point shooting 33 shots 22 iron, such a state will also be worrying.
According to the schedule, the sixth match between the two sides will be moved to the Raptors' home stadium this Friday morning Beijing time. We'll see.
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)