On May 3, Beijing time, today, the Heat won the game, they won the semifinals G1 with a 106-92 victory over the 76ers, and won the opening. The Heat were able to win the game, and apart from being stronger in their own offense than the 76ers, their defense played a big role, with butler, Adebayor or Tucker all notorious defensive toughsters on the team, especially the latter. Tucker is facing his former big brother Harden directly in this game, and he not only performed well on the offensive end, but also made great achievements on the defensive end.
In this campaign, Tucker successfully locked Harden, he played 28 minutes, 4 of 9, contributed 10 points and 7 rebounds, tucker in the third quarter won two consecutive offensive rebounds for the Heat, helping Adebayo to get a basket easy, Tucker's plus-minus value of +9 in this game, the third in the game, second only to Adebayo (+27) and Strus (+26), in the second half of the third quarter, Tucker was very good at Harden's restrictions on Harden in a defense, when Harden wanted to make a foul under the basket, but Tucker knew him too well and did not eat this set.
Only to see him retreat, Harden completely lost his center of gravity, however, the beard still tightly wrapped his arms around Tucker's hands, this attack should have been Harden's offensive foul touching porcelain, but the referee blew Tucker's offensive foul, even the commentator could not help but sigh: "Tucker's defense this time is very clean." Under Tucker's restrictions, Harden was in a slump, playing 34 minutes and 35 seconds, 5 of 13, only 16 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, and also had a game-high 5 turnovers, plus-minus -8.
Tucker proved to know Harden very well, as an NBA tough guy known for his defense, Tucker fulfilled his pre-game promise, and Harden really couldn't do anything in front of his sharp defense. After the big victory over the 76ers, the Heat's post-game post was even more murderous, writing on their official website: "Welcome to the kennel." And the accompanying picture is tucker defending Harden's picture, it is obvious that this sentence is said to Harden, although only a short 6 words, but it is very intriguing, meaningful, let Harden cover his face, powerless to refute, who told him to pull his crotch again today.
The "kennel" here refers to the Heat, that is, the Heat's defense is like a mad dog wrapped around the 76ers, wrapped around Harden, especially Tucker, he is a member of the "kennel", today, he successfully locked Harden, made a great contribution to the team's win. Harden had already tasted the old teammate's defense when Tucker played for the Bucks last season, and now, he didn't expect to meet him in the semifinals. If Harden wants to tear this spell, he must boldly kill him, create a foul on Tucker, and beat him down first, otherwise he will be locked by Tucker and the 76ers will be finished.