The NBA playoffs continued, the 76ers played at home against the Raptors, returned to Philadelphia, and VanVleet was absent due to injury, fans thought the 76ers would end the fight and prepare for the Eastern Conference semifinals, but the Raptors played a very beautiful team basketball game, the whole game 5 scored in double figures, under the leadership of Siakam staged a 0-3 to 2-3 reversal. In this regard, fans have said that the Raptors are going to learn from the Nuggets in the 2020 season. There is a saying that the 76ers' performance is too bad, the second quarter became a turning point in the game, the whole team collectively dud only scored 12 points, which gave the Raptors the opportunity to reverse the score, more importantly, although at home, the 76ers did not play a threatening offense, the second half has been fully suppressed by the Raptors, the point difference is maintained at about 10 points, the Raptors are a team that is good at seizing opportunities, and finally ushered in a 15-point victory on the road.
Embiid has a finger injury, the performance is understandable, he has 20 points and 11 rebounds in the whole game, really tried his best, although the performance is sluggish, but his professionalism is respected. Harden has no excuses to find, it is reasonable to say that Embiid is injured, it is when he stepped forward, but he still chose to slump, 4 of 11 shots, only 6 of 2 three-pointers, 15 points, the two cores only scored 35 points is difficult to lead the team to win the game. Not only that, but Maxi, who had performed well in the first few games, also encountered the rookie wall, scoring only 12 points in the whole game, and worse, no one in the entire bench scored more than 5 points, and the 6 players only scored 11 points. It has to be said that the 76ers lost too embarrassingly, and the Jazz of the West became a pair of difficult brothers.
The Raptors, who have no superstars, can only rely on the team to win, Siakam got a quasi-triple-double with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, Trent Jr. and Anunoby Jr. scored 16 points each, and the best rookie Barnes also proved himself, with 12 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and Achuva became a bench player, scoring 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting, one person scoring more than the 76ers. To be sure, the Raptors have pulled back two consecutive games, the player's self-confidence has been doubled, and if the 76ers still can't make effective adjustments in the next game, the two sides are likely to enter the game of seven. For the 76ers, the only thing to do now is to forget the outside world, play the characteristics of the team, if you want to win and fear losing then you will fall into a passive situation, especially Coach Rivers, according to statistics, his coaching career in the playoffs have been reversed 8 times in the big score, and the last two seasons have been reversed by opponents. If his self-confidence is destroyed, the 76ers are really dangerous. It was said that Harden's departure from the Nets was a wise move, and now it seems that this is not necessarily true.