Beijing time on May 3, the Heat played at home against the 76ers, and the Heat trailed the 76ers 50-51 at the end of the half. The 76ers and the Heat have both suffered injuries in this series, but the 76ers have been more affected than the Heat, after all, Embiid's absence has greatly damaged the 76ers, which makes the 76ers not only lack a core giant, but more importantly, the 76ers will lack the inside line, so how the 76ers win in this situation is a challenge. After the game began, the Heat opened the score, but the 76ers still chased the score, and the 76ers completed the rebound in the second quarter, and the 76ers led by 1 point at the end of the half.
In the first quarter of the game, Adebayo helped the Heat to take the lead, and Jordan Jr. scored to stop the bleeding, but soon Adebayo and Tucker responded, Maxi threw a score, Adebayo scored a dunk, and then came back to shoot the shot, and then Strus helped the Heat take the lead. After the timeout, Strus hit a three-pointer, back green also hit a three-pointer, then Adebayo scored on a layup, Reid hooked a shot, Adebayor hit 2 of 2 free throws, behind Butler also hit a three-pointer, Harris scored to stop the bleeding, Harden made 2 of 2 free throws, the Heat made a mistake behind, Harden hit a three-pointer and Sebel also scored, and the 76ers trailed by 5 points. After the timeout, Hiro scored a layup, the 76ers attacked the iron, Hiro made 3 of 3 free throws, and the Heat led by eight points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Hiro threw a score, then Harris also hit a three-pointer, back to Hiro hit a three-pointer, Adebayo scored on a layup, Harris shot to stop the bleeding, Kolkmaz made 2 of 2 free throws, Maxi made 2 free throws, Oladipo scored after Harris also scored, Tucker scored, martins scored after the heat led by 11 points after scoring on the layup. After the timeout, Green broke through the throwing hit, Oladipo made 1 of 2 free throws, and then Maxi also went to the free throw line to get 2 points, Hiro threw a shot, and finally Harden also hit a three-pointer, and then the Heat made a mistake Harden scored on the basket, Butler made 2 of 2 free throws, and Maxi scored on the board, but then Harden made a mistake to score a layup, Harris scored to stop the bleeding, and the 76ers trailed by 5 points. After the timeout, Harris and Maxi continued to score, and then Harden also threw points, and the 76ers led by one point at the end of the half.
This game 76ers is missing Embiid, in this case Adebayo you also benefit, after all, without Embiid, Jordan Jr., Millsap are difficult to carry the inside flag, in this case Adebayo really broke the 76ers inside line, it is Adebayo's play in the game once helped the Heat to take the lead, so the Heat also need to seize such an advantage, Adebayo needs to give the team more help in the game, and only in this way will the Heat have a greater chance of winning. At the end of the half, Adebayo had 12 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Butler had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and Oladipo had 3 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
And Harden also tried his best in the first half of the game, although Harden's offensive state was not good at the beginning, but later you can see Harden play resolutely, not only in the offensive end began to pick up some, Harden also did a good job on the defensive end, wait until Harden came up with such a performance 76ers are chasing the score, the end of the half Harden got 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists data. At the same time, the heat can chase the score, Harris and Maxi are also turning the tide, it can be said that when there is no Embiid, the play of the two is very critical, if it is not the two in the game, then the 76ers will encounter more trouble, the half of the game Harris, Maxi got 24 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists data.