On May 3, Beijing time, the Heat defeated Philadelphia 106-92 to win the G1. In this game, Philadelphia's core Embiid was injured and did not even come to Miami with the team; the Heat's backcourt leader Lowry was also absent, and the Heat, who were no. 1 in the East, were significantly better in terms of overall strength. Philadelphia once led by 14 points in the first half and was overtaken by 1 point in the second quarter, and in the third quarter, Philadelphia collapsed directly, and the final quarter was pulled apart to more than 20 points, and finally the Heat showed the comprehensive strength of the two ends of the attack and defense.
Before the game, ESPN had 19 experts predict the direction of the series, 19 people voted for the Heat, and 0 people voted for Philadelphia. Among them, 7 people think that the Heat can solve Philadelphia as soon as 5 games, 9 people think it is a maximum of six games, and only two people think that Philadelphia can drag into the seven, it can be said that Philadelphia is completely looked down upon.
According to FTE's promotion forecast before the G1, the Heat were 53% and Philadelphia was 47%, but the gap was not too big. It can be seen that Philadelphia is not without opportunities, and it is particularly crucial to win a victory at home to the Heat.
In the playoffs, Philadelphia's offensive efficiency was 119.5 the second in the league, and the defensive efficiency was 109.6 the sixth in the league; the Heat's offensive efficiency was 115.9 Fourth in the league, and the defensive efficiency was second in the league with 104.1.
The G1 First Quarter Heat only gave Philadelphia a 22-point lead of 8 points, a 14-point lead at most, but the gap was flattened by Philadelphia in the second quarter, and the two teams were 50-51 after halftime The Heat only led by 1 point, the Philadelphia trio has double-doubled, Harden has 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Maxi 10 points, Harris 14 points; the Heat have 10 more mistakes in the half than Philadelphia.
In the third quarter, the Heat played 30-21 in the single quarter to stretch again to an eight-point lead, Adebayo fired consecutive shots at the basket, Andro also hit three points, if Butler is more accurate to pull away to more than 10 points. In the final quarter, Hiro hit a three-pointer to stretch to 13 points, then stretched the point difference to 16 points, and Hiro hit a three-point shot to open the point difference to 21 points, the game finally went into garbage time.
After this G1, the heat's probability of advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals 1-0 increased to 68%, which means an increase of 15 percentage points, and Philadelphia still has a chance, after all, this is before Embiid has played, and the sudden collapse in the second half is also related to Rivers's coaching ability.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream