On May 5, Beijing time, the Eastern Conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs continued, and the Miami Heat continued to face the Philadelphia 76ers at home. In both teams' G1, the Heat cleanly defeated the 76ers at home without Embiid (Embiid suffered a double serious injury with an orbital fracture and concussion).
So the G2 game was played at the heat's home court, and few fans and commentators were optimistic that the 76ers could steal a win on the road. The final result was also as expected, the Miami Heat defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 119-103 at home, and made two consecutive home games. For the Heat, Jimmy Butler scored 22 points, six rebounds and 12 assists, while Adebayor had 23 points, nine rebounds and three assists. For the 76ers, Harden had 20 points and four rebounds; Maxie scored 34 points and three rebounds.
At the beginning of the game, the Heat had a firm grasp of the initiative. In particular, the team's sixth man, Taylor Hiero, only in the first two quarters of the game, he cut 16 points, 5 rebounds, thanks to his first half three-point shooting 4 of 3, the 76ers are also very cautious about his defense.
But fortunately, harden stood up when the Heat can further open up the point difference, although his shooting rate at the three-point line is not particularly high, but Harden in this field dares to kill inside the line, and also opens up a lot of space for his teammates. Now Harden has circled around and returned to the original Rockets' mode, offense and organization, as a father and a mother.
At the end of the first half, the Heat led the 76ers 60-52. In the first half, James Harden scored 5-of-10 at halftime for 16 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 block. In the second quarter, Harden scored 12 points to help the 76ers tighten their grip.
But on the 76ers side, there is no better way to face the Heat's defense than Harden. What's more, harden alone will not work, because harden's performance is difficult to output a whole game, and the 76ers in offense, except Harden, it is difficult for anyone else to stand up. On the other hand, on the Heat side, there is not only Hiro, who is in excellent form, but also Jimmy Butler, who has always been stable, not to mention that the interior line does not need to face Embiid's Adebayor.
How comfortable are the Heat playing? In the second half of the third quarter, when Jimmy Butler got a 2+1 chance, Butler himself laughed easily at the free throw line. Fortunately, in the third quarter, the 76ers were able to keep the game suspenseful because of the wonderful performance of wingback Teres Maxi, who was in a hot state in this quarter, especially the breakthrough and the fast attack, which caused a great impact on the Heat's paint area.
However, the continuity and integrity of the Heat's offense has not been disrupted by the impact of Harden and Maxi, the Heat are still very calm by constantly passing the ball on the outside line to find opportunities, today the Heat as long as the players on the court have contributed, they are completely on the court to suppress the 76ers, victory is a natural thing.
NBA reporters in the United States said that orbit fractures and torn thumb ligaments still make Embiid feel pain, but as long as everything goes well, he will return with injuries in G3 or G4 games. Embiid, who is currently staying in Philadelphia to deal with concussions, will make a comeback in a mask after getting permission from the NBA league, optimistically anticipating a comeback at G3 or G4. Perhaps, the Philadelphia 76ers can return to the home win in the next game, just see if Embiid can make a comeback in time for the 76ers' home game the day after tomorrow.
(Luo Treasurer)