On May 5, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and in the second leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Heat beat Philadelphia 119-103, leading 2-0 on aggregate. In this game, the Heat can be said to have won on the bench, especially Oladipo alone scored 19 points, equivalent to the sum of all Philadelphia's bench.
In the first leg of the game between the two sides, the Heat relied on the explosion of Hiro on the bench to directly destroy Philadelphia. In this game, Hiro is still in good shape, with 18 points and 7 rebounds on 6-of-10 shooting, and what is even more terrifying is that in addition to Hiro, Oladipo also stood up.
In the first three quarters of the game, Oladipo has scored nine points. It also earned him Spoolstra's trust, and even though he was fouled by Maxi in the final quarter and then made two passing errors, Spoorstra kept him on the field.
Oladipo did not live up to the trust of the head coach, and as Philadelphia drew the gap to eight points, he first took advantage of a quick-break opportunity to make a layup and then hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner. When Maxi and Harris launched the final wave of joint counterattacks, it was Oladipo who shot a three-pointer, completely killing the suspense of the game.
In the end, Oladipo played a full 12 minutes in the final quarter and scored 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting. The Heat's bench scored and won Philadelphia by 33 points, such a huge gap, which is obviously difficult for Philadelphia without Embiid to fill.
And even with the return of The embiid in the following series, philadelphia will not be easy to bridge the huge depth gap between philadelphia and the Heat. After all, the current Heat team is missing Lowry, and for defensive reasons, Spoelstra also hid Duncan Robinson, but in this case, the Heat still have a large number of players who can stand up. And even if Embiid returns, Philadelphia will only let Jordan Jr. return to the bench, and it will not be able to make the bench strength soar. You may be able to win 1 or 2 games just by starting hard, but if you want to win the entire series, I am afraid that there is little hope.