After eliminating the Hawks 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs, the Heat will sit at home and will compete with the Philadelphia 76ers for the G1 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
In terms of the Heat, although Lowry is absent due to injury, it is fortunate that Butler has returned, and whether the Heat can win G1 in this campaign has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game.
On the other hand, on the side of the 76ers, Embiid hung up the exemption card, Jordan Jr. entered the starting lineup, and whether Harden + Maxi + Harris led the team to withstand the pressure, it is obvious that it will also fall into a bitter battle!
However, after four quarters of competition, with a wave of 15-4 scoring climax, the 76ers, who were dominated by the opposition, although in the first half, once suppressed the Heat and occupied the initiative on the court.
But after returning from the second half, Adebayor + Vincent felt hot in the third quarter and led the Heat to a wave of 18-7 counterattacks, instantly turning the situation on the court.
Coupled with the final game, Taylor Hiero hit three consecutive points, the Heat established a 14-point lead in one fell swoop, and the 76ers repeatedly failed to hit and had to lose.
In the end, the Heat also beat the 76ers 106-92 at home, winning G1 strongly, and also took the lead 1-0 in the semifinals!
Playing at home in this game, the Heat can be described as all soldiers, playing a 5-man scoring double-double, multi-point blossoming team offensive, and winning a 14-point victory.
In the case of butler + Vincent + PJ Tucker and other main players, each performing their duties, while cutting 20+ Adebayo + Taylor Hiro's play, it is particularly critical!
Adebayor was very efficient in this game, starting 33 minutes, and delivered an all-round performance of 24 points, 12 rebounds + 4 assists + 2 steals + 1 block on 8-of-10 shooting.
Among them, his heroic performance of cutting 10 points in the first quarter not only helped the Heat to open the situation smoothly, but also became a difficult existence for the 76ers to solve in the No. 5 position on the inside line!
Rationally speaking, in the face of the lack of Embiid's 76ers inside line, Adebayor did not waste the opportunity in this battle, dominating the inside line at both ends of the attack and defense, and hanging the 76ers defense line!
Of course, the Heat were able to beat the 76ers in this game, taking a 1-0 lead in the series, and the performance of Taylor Hiro on the bench also played a crucial role.
In this campaign, Taylor Hiro was full of firepower, appearing on the bench for 28 minutes, shooting 9 of 17 from the middle and middle lines and hitting four three-pointers, a team-high 25 points, plus 1 rebound and 7 assists, and there was no personal error.
Not only did it win on the offensive end, providing the Heat with powerful firepower, but also almost single-handedly led the Heat to fight back, successfully rewriting the trend of the game!
On the other hand, on the side of the 76ers, the team collapsed in the second half of this game, and finally swallowed 14 points to collapse, and the big score of 0-1 fell into a passive game performance, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, after Harris played well, cutting a game-high 27 points, plus 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, the slump of Harden + Maxi in this campaign, and the performance of Niang in 7 shots and 0, are indeed to blame!
More importantly, according to statistics, in the semifinals G1 game, the 76ers shot only 6 of 34 three-pointers in this game, and in terms of rebound protection, the 76ers lost to the Heat by a full 10.
It is not difficult to see that after the lack of Embiid, the internal pillar, the 76ers have indeed seen a visible decline in the overall offensive and defensive ends, as well as the core competitiveness of the interior.
In this regard, I believe that as one of the team's leading stars, Harden, who shot only 5 of 13 shots in this game and also had 5 personal mistakes, will also miss his partner Embiid very much!
Obviously, for the 76ers, who are 0-1 behind, how to find a way to defeat the enemy during embiid's absence will undoubtedly become a big problem that head coach Rivers Sr. needs to solve!