132-97, the 76ers with a big win, ending their series with the Raptors, even if they were chased twice in a row with a 3-0 lead, but in the end the two sides of the series score was fixed at 4-2, the road game, the opponent was in full momentum, there was no Sebel, before the game, all kinds of unfavorable factors plagued the 76ers, it seemed that everything heralded the arrival of the seventh, but in the end, the 76ers with the excellent performance of the starting five Tigers (the starting five together cut 111 points), advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, The 76ers' next-round opponent will be the Heat, who are no. 1 in the East in the regular season. After advancing to the second round, Harden became the first person in the history of the team, Rivers also rose to the first place in history in a data, and the 76ers started the first round of the Big Four.
In this game, Harden shot 7 of 12 shots, including 22 points on 5-of-5 three-pointers, while also grabbing 6 rebounds and 15 assists, according to statistics, Harden became the first player in the history of the 76ers to cut at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 15 assists in a single game in the playoffs, and this is just Harden's first round of the 76ers' playoff journey. You know, the history of the 76ers is also very brilliant, they have won the NBA championship three times, the history of the team is not lacking in the history of Iverson, Dr. J and other superstars, all said that Harden's performance in this round is not good, a little better, on a record to become the first person in team history, which also shows that Harden is still very good today.
But to be honest, this game is indeed Harden's best game in this series, although Harden also had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 14 assists in the first game of the series, but whether it is scoring efficiency or personal offensive desire, Harden is more outstanding in this game. In my opinion, harden's offensive desire and feeling on his legs are more important than the 76ers avoiding the seven and entering the Eastern Conference semifinals, if the 76ers win this game, but Harden's performance is still the same as G4 and G5, the 76ers even if they successfully advance to the East semifinals, facing the Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals, it is difficult for them to cause too much trouble to the Heat, although the young players Maxi and Harbasin round performed well, but in the end they all need Harden to stand up.
Before the game, the 76ers star Iverson said that they need Harden to play a dominant performance, at least to destroy the opponent on the offensive end, although Harden's personal score is not particularly exaggerated, but he is very well connected in terms of personal offense and organization, Harden's positive and negative value (+38) is the first in the game, and at the same time, after promotion, Harden has advanced to the division semifinals for 6 consecutive seasons, which is also the longest record in the league. Since leading the Rockets to the Western Conference semifinals in the 16-17 season, Harden has never missed the division semifinals in the last 6 seasons, which is reminiscent of the Nets, if Harden is still in the Nets this season, is this record likely to come to an abrupt end.
In addition, in this game, the 76ers won the Raptors by 35 points, according to statistics, this is also the third time in the career of 76ers coach Rivers to lead the team to beat the opponent in the playoffs by more than 30 points, and he led the team to at least 30 points in the playoffs to beat the opponent by at least 30 points, and in the manager, tied for the most in NBA history. This result, I believe most people did not expect, before the start of this game, the discussion about Rivers, more is negative, when the 76ers 3-0 lead, Rivers was reversed history was used to ridicule, when the big score was rewritten to 3-1, although the fans are still laughing, but there has been a slight sense of crisis, and when the big score is rewritten to 3-2, the sense of crisis has occupied most of the emotions.
Onlookers waited to see the hilarity, even Philadelphia supporters, worried about the emergence of the seven, did not expect that the 76ers in the first half and the Raptors almost drew, the old midfielder made a key adjustment, the second half in one fell swoop defeated the opponent, they won the Raptors 34 points in the second half. In addition, in the first round, everyone's attention was on Harden, Embiid and even the young maxi, who were also the top three scoring points in the 76ers series. However, both Harden and Rivers praised their 180 million mr. Harris after the series, saying that he was not only extremely efficient on the offensive end, but also tried his best on the defensive end.
In this round of games, Harris averaged 40.8 minutes per game, he averaged 17.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, shooting percentage and three-point shooting rate reached 51.8% and 43.3% respectively, because the 76ers lineup depth is indeed not too strong, the key players play more important, the first round of games, Harden, Embiid, Harris and Maxi four people can all work together to blast 84.3 points, their four-person play is very important for the 76ers to rush to the championship.