Beijing time on April 29, 2022, the NBA playoffs continued, in a focus battle in the East, Philadelphia challenged the Raptors away, this game Philadelphia from the beginning of the game to play a good offensive state, they scored 34 points in the first quarter, 28 points in the second quarter, half of the game to get 62 points looks like the offensive state is very good. But the Raptors also scored 29 and 32 points in the first two quarters, and the two sides were basically on the same running line in the half!
In the second half of the game, Philadelphia suddenly burst into action in the third quarter, and in the third quarter they scored 37 points in the single quarter, and under their defense, the Raptors only scored 17 points, and Philadelphia won 20 points in the single quarter, and the game looked like there was no suspense after the third quarter! In the end, Philadelphia defeated the opponent by a score of 132:97, and the score was 4:2 to advance to the division semifinals!
The most critical player on the Philadelphia side of this game is Still James Harden, who has been criticized by many people for his poor form in the game, and Harden's personal performance in this game can be said to be impeccable, his personal offensive efficiency is very high, and he also has a very stable performance in assisting teammates! At the beginning of the first quarter, he cut down 10 points, 5 assists and 2 rebounds, directly helping Philadelphia to rebound! In the second quarter of the game, he got 2 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists!
Harden played 12 minutes in the third quarter and had 7 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, and the team was able to pull the score apart in large part because of Harden's assists. In the fourth quarter, Harden once again scored 3 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, and he was able to bring great help to his teammates on the offensive end in each quarter of the fourth quarter, which is very rare!
Previously, many people were questioning that Harden's key battle was relatively unstable, but this game as the final battle of the series, Harden's play is obvious to all, and no one should question him!