On April 29, Beijing time, Philadelphia defeated the Raptors 132-97, and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a big score of 4-2, and in the semifinals, Philadelphia will vs the Heat, the first team in the Eastern Conference. The G6 Raptors' VanVleet still could not play, and Philadelphia leader Embiid continued to play with injuries, Philadelphia led by 5 points in the first quarter, 1 point after half-time, Philadelphia 37-17 directly pulled to 21 points in the third quarter, and entered garbage time early in the final quarter, embiid ruled the final quarter.
We should all give Embiid a thumbs up, in fact, he should have undergone surgery (season reimbursement) after the G3 thumb ligament was torn, but for the honor of the team and to prove his dominance in the playoffs, Embiid decided to play with an injury, and the operation was postponed until the end of the season. According to Rivers, Embiid hurts every time he touches the ball, and he's been playing with severe pain.
Because of Harden's excellent performance of 10 points and 5 assists in the first quarter, Embiid only played 9 minutes and 4 shots in the first quarter to score 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 block. In the second quarter, when the Raptors countered the score, the emperor still stood up and scored points continuously, 9 minutes to get 8 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, Embiid has scored 16 points and 2 blocks in the half, his hand is very painful but still insists on guarding the frame, and the efficiency of 5 of 9 in the half is also good.
In the third quarter, the Philadelphia team exploded, the opening played a wave of 26-6 climax, Embiid began to focus on defense, the offensive end Ofmaxi 15 points in the single quarter, Harris 7 points in the single quarter, Harden 7 points in the single quarter, Embiid scored 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in the third quarter, and the Philadelphia team broke out with a huge advantage of 21 points into the final quarter. Embiid had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks in the third quarter.
Embiid began to take over the game in the final quarter, scoring 8 points in 4 minutes, and also made a big hat Sika's layup, and Embiid dominated both ends of the attack and defense when the Raptors wanted to fight back.
In the last quarter, Sika broke through and elbowed Embiid's nose directly, and the referee gave a defensive foul, Rivers was very dissatisfied, and after the challenge was successful, Rivers replaced him in order to protect Embiid. Embiid had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block in the final quarter, 12-of-18 in the game, and had 33 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 3 blocks, shooting 66.7%.
Raptors reporter wrote: Embiid ran around as if winning a championship, Philadelphia was 3-0 behind to win two consecutive games, you should feel the crisis. I want you to be yourself, you're the winner, but that's just the beginning. (The losing side also mocks the winning side)
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream