On May 3, Beijing time, the NBA playoff semifinals continued to unfold, and the Heat defeated the 76ers 106-92 at home to make a big start, leading 1-0. The first half of the game was still quite sticky, but in the second half, the 76ers were completely lost, the outside line continued to hit iron, and the Heat successfully opened the point difference, and the game lost suspense.
Without Embiid, the outside world is no longer optimistic about the 76ers, but there are also some who think Harden can lead the team to change the situation. In the first half, Harden did show a good state, helping the team to complete the reversal and take the lead; but in the second half Harden suddenly lost his feelings, the field was careless, the pass was wrong, the breakthrough could not go in, the three-point shot could not be scored, so the 76ers also completely collapsed, and the last quarter was more than 5 minutes unable to score, and the point difference also ran to 20 points. Rivers was also very crisp, changing to the bench early and simply giving up.
There was no Embiid in this game, and the 76ers and the Heat were not at the same level at all, one was still in regular season status, and the other was successfully promoted to playoff level in the second half. Don't look at the end only lost 14 points, but the 76ers were in a complete defeat during the game, and Butler did not play in the last quarter. This time, the two links of the 76ers were directly exploded, first of all, the substitute, there was indeed no chance, but when they performed, they also failed to grasp it, and they fell behind 21-42. The Heat Hiroh single-handedly hit the 76ers on the bench, with Niang 0-of-7 from three,Sable 3-of-1, Milton 1-of-3 and Reid 6-of-2.
The other is rebounding, why the Heat can open the point difference in the third quarter, is to rely on offensive rebounds, one shot does not score, grab the rebound and continue to shoot until the shot is scored. Looking at Tucker's hard work, Harden's face was full of envy, this is my former teammate. The Heat led the 76ers 47-37 in rebounds and 15-9 in offensive rebounds.
Originally expected Harden to break out, but in the end only handed over 16 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, and there were 5 turnovers, and the key second half only scored 4 points, and did not score a point in the last quarter. Such a performance is really difficult to say, and the decline is a bit strong. Judging from the first game, the 76ers really can't do without Embiid, and if he can't come back in G3, the series will really end early.