1-0！ 1-0！ The 1st place in the East and West has won! The Heat easily beat Philadelphia 106-92 at home, and Harden performed sluggishly, scoring just four points in the last two quarters. The Suns beat the Lone Rangers 121-114 at home, Ayton and Booker played well, Doncic single-core led the team still could not shake the Suns, the whole game he got 45 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, failed to lead the team to complete a 21-point reversal.
The Heat's game against Philadelphia, with Lowry and Embiid absent, both teams are missing a core player. Judging from the progress of the game, the Heat played better in the first quarter, with Adebayor scoring 10 points on the inside and leading the team to an eight-point lead. Harden scored 7 points in the second quarter, and he led the team with Harris and Maxi to lead the team to surpass the score. But in the third quarter of the game, Hiro played well, the Heat blossomed more points, and once again completed the score reversal.
Harden scored just four points in the third quarter, and in the final quarter, the Heat went on an 11-0 offensive run to open up the point difference and take a lead of 21 points. Harden played 3 minutes and did not score, he played 5 of 13 in the whole game, the number of shots is not very much, which also directly led to philadelphia losses, after all, Embiid's absence, Harden only scored more than 30 points, so that he can have a greater hope of winning, his own offensive number is obviously too small. Hiro had 25 points, Adebayo 24, and the two were also the key to the Heat's win, and this series, when Embiid returns, that's the key to the game.
The suns of the league played against the Lone Rangers, and after Booker recovered from injury, the Suns' lineup was more neat, facing the Lone Rangers led by Doncic. The Suns started with a 9-0 offensive, With Doncic and Kleber leading the team to chase points, Doncic scoring 14 points in a single quarter and the Suns leading by 10 points in a single quarter. In the second quarter, Doncic continued to play steadily, scoring 12 points in a single quarter, scoring 26 points at half-time, and leading the team to recover 2 points in a single quarter.
In the third quarter of the showdown, the Lone Ranger struggled to chase points, Johnson's three-pointers were consecutive hits, Payne and Bridges were also able to hit three-pointers, and the Suns extended their lead to lead by 17 points after three quarters. In the final quarter, the Suns extended their lead to 21 points, Doncic once again led the team to narrow the gap, Paul hit a difficult two-point shot, Dinwiddie and Doncic chased only 5 points, but Booker and Bridges were stable from the free throws, and the Suns won the game. Paul had 19 points, five rebounds and three assists on 7-of-13 shooting, Booker had 21 points and Ayton had 25 points. Doncic cut 45 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists as the Lone Ranger lost the game.