Beaten 11-0 in the final quarter, Philadelphia were unable to perform miracles in Embiid's absence, losing miserably away to the Heat. In this game, Harden's play was not ideal, only 16 points were scored on 13 shots, and there were 5 mistakes, and he failed to lead the team to withstand the Heat's counterattack. From the data of the whole field, Philadelphia's rebounding gap is obvious, although the interior line does not lose much, but rebounding has become their big problem.
In this matchup, both teams actually have core players absent, Embiid and Lowry can not play, Jordan Jr. and Vincent started. Embiid's absence has a greater impact on the importance of the team, after all, he is the core of the team's attack and defense, especially his ability to protect the basket is very important to Philadelphia. Without Embiid, Adebayor played well on the inside, and Adebayor scored 10 points in the first quarter, which is also the most intuitive performance.
Philadelphia trailed by 14 points in the first quarter, Harden scored five consecutive points, led the team to an 11-0 chase, the first quarter was still 22-30 behind 8 points, Harden in the first quarter was 4-of-1 efficiency. To some extent, Embiid is absent, Harden only has to get more points to drive the whole team, harden got 7 points in the second quarter, this quarter Philadelphia won 9 points, more than 1 point, which also shows that Harden must score more points, then Philadelphia has hope.
However, in the last two quarters, Harden still could not support the team's offense, but Harris played well, the third quarter of the game, the Heat blossomed more, the score, and Harden only got 4 points in a single quarter, which is obviously not enough. In the final quarter of the game, Harden only played 3 minutes, but at this time, the Heat had mastered the initiative, Hiro and Adebayo led the team to play 11-0, and the point difference was from 10 points to 21 points, and the game was no longer suspenseful.
The Heat won 106-92, with Hiro 25 points and Adebayo 24 points, the two most consistent players to play. Harris scored 27 points on the Philadelphia side, Harden had 5 of 13, 16 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, but also 5 turnovers, which is obviously not enough for Philadelphia. In the next game, Embiid is still absent, if Harden still plays like this, then the 0-2 situation may not be changed. From the rebounding point of view, the gap between the Heat's 57, Philadelphia's 47 and 10 rebounds has also become a key to the game.