On May 7, Beijing time, the NBA playoff semifinals were in full swing, and the originally seemingly one-sided 2-0 game became 2-1 today, to see today's situation.
First, the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Heat by 20 points 99-79, embiid did everything he could to pass the league's concussion test, and then came back in the mask like 4 years ago, holding his first home. Turn the big score into a suspenseful 2-1 instead of a desperate 3-0!
It can be seen that both sides attach great importance to this battle, so they both play very tightly, playing iron against each other, and playing for nearly two minutes before Harden made a kill to help Philadelphia score. The Heat responded with a Jiba layup, and Strus helped the team shoot three points. The two sides were in a tug-of-war, and the emperor's successive strong fights on the inside only gave the team a slight lead.
The first pull-off was in the middle of the first quarter, when the Heat's offensive end was blocked, and Harden's continuous impact on the inside line brought a wave of 14-2, allowing Philadelphia's lead to expand to double digits. Hiero and Oladipo then teamed up to chase the score, and Philadelphia finally led by four points at 21-17 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Harden continued to punch and add green's outside shots, playing a wave of 9-0, and Philadelphia led by 13 points. The Heat relied on Jiba to hold on to their backs, and the confrontation between the two sides was further advanced, with Milton making one of two fouls before the finale, and Philadelphia leading by seven points at 41-34.
Embiid opened the second half with a mid-range shot and Green hitting another three-pointer, giving Philadelphia a double-digit lead. But Harden was caught up in four offenses, and Jiba even took a sneaky shot plus Strus's three-point rain to play a wave of 20-6 direct equalization. Fortunately, Green stopped the bleeding with three points in time, Maxie scored 5 consecutive points, and Hiro also responded to three points in a row, and the situation in Philadelphia seemed to be in danger.
Harden returned in the fourth quarter, first assisting Sable to throw in, and then breaking through Hiro's successful layup. At the same time, the outside maxi and Green were playing without false shots, and the Heat's offense was completely stopped, relying only on Jiba's singles to score hard, and Philadelphia once again extended the advantage to double digits.
In the final half of the quarter, Philadelphia scored three consecutive fairy balls: Maxi's throw, Embiid's 2+1 in the face of Adebayo and Green's three-pointer in the bottom right corner bounced into the basket, and the point difference was close to 20 points, and the game lost suspense.
Let's take a look at the full-field data:
On the 76ers side, Harden had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 7 turnovers; Maxi 21 points and 6 assists, 14 points in the fourth quarter; Embiid 18 points and 11 rebounds, 8 of 10 on the free throw line; Harris 9 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, quasi-triple-double data, Green cut 21 points and 4 rebounds on 7 of 9 three points, which is called a godsend.
The Heat were lackluster, with Butler having 33 points and 9 rebounds; Hiro 14 points; Adebayo with 9 points and 3 rebounds, a plus-minus of the lowest -22 in the game; Strus with 9 points and 3 steals; and Lowry scored 0 points.
Throughout the game, Embiid's comeback is visible to the naked eye for Philadelphia's blessing, although he only has 18 points and 11 rebounds, he has restrained Adebayor, compressed the Heat's defense, and given the four protectors around him the opportunity to take off.
Harden scored 9 points in the first quarter and scored 15 points in the first half to help Philadelphia open a good game; Harris, although only 9 points on 4-of-13 shooting, but the most 8 assists in the game helped Harden and Embiid share the pressure of holding the ball; Green's three-pointers of 9-of-7 punished the Heat's shrinking defense; Maxi scored 21 points in the second half, taking over Harden's burden and helping the team lay the final victory.
Embiid is back, and the series has only just begun.
Philadelphia and the Heat have just ended, and immediately ushered in the G3 of the Lone Ranger and the Suns. The Lone Rangers, like Philadelphia, are on the edge of a cliff, and if they lose their first home game, everything will be over.
This game is Paul's birthday day, but Paul's play showed that something was wrong from the beginning, sending a full 3 turnovers in the first quarter, and it should be noted that he only had 13 turnovers in the first 8 playoff games.
Paul was the commander of the sun, and he made many mistakes, and the sun did not go well. Instead, the lone ranger withstood the discomfort of the opening and found the rhythm. Doncic gave up more of the ball to Bronson, who lived up to expectations, scoring 10 points in a single quarter, adding Doncic's stitches to establish a nine-point lead in the first quarter.
Paul's form in the second quarter was still awkward, adding four more turnovers, and Paul, who had 7 turnovers in the half, had never seen before! As a result, the Lone Ranger has been firmly in control of the lead, but at the end of the quarter Paul and Crowder hit consecutive three-point shots to chase the point difference to 44-51 and 7 points.
Yi Bian thought the sun would wake up, but they were still tepid, Paul did not make a mistake, but only shot 1 time, and all other data was 0. The Lone Rangers, on the other hand, grew mad, widening the gap with a wave of 18-5, ending the third quarter with a 15-point lead.
Shortly after the start of the fourth quarter, Doncic was blown by the referee for the fifth offense, and Kidd had to take him off the field. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the sun tried to give it a go, and chased the point difference to single digits several times, but the lone ranger seemed to have help, and every time the sun narrowed the score difference, someone could stand up and respond.
With Doncic's return in the final 4 minutes and Bronson scoring four straight points, and Bullock's final three-point kill of the game, the Lone Ranger beat the Suns 103-94 at home and the big score came to 1-2!
Let's take a look at the full-field stats:
On the Lone Rangers side, Doncic 26 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists, Bronson 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Electric Fan 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, Bullock 15 points and 3 steals, Kleber 15 points and 3 blocks, the whole team 5 people scored in double figures;
On the Suns side, Booker had 18 points, 6 assists and 5 turnovers, Paul 12 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 7 turnovers, Crowder 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Ayton 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Bridges 12 points.
It can be seen that although the Sun side also has 5 people scoring in double figures, the quality is not as high as that of the Lone Ranger, and the whole team does not even have a score of 20. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that after last year's finals G3, the Suns have scored more than 20 in a single game!
Not to mention, Paul and Booker added up to 12 mistakes to spend their 37th birthday in such a way that Paul probably didn't expect it himself.
Of course, what may cause more heated discussion may be the referee, the referee's scale of this game is very loose, so that both sides let go of the fight, but in the end both sides seem to not buy it.
Needless to say, Doncic has been complaining to the referee in this game, not to mention the bleeding of his arm in the third quarter, and he also received two fouls in a row within 1 minute. In the process of walking off the field, he also made a gesture of counting money to the referee, which can be described as a mockery, and then he was fined and could not run away.
Doncic was unhappy with this, but the fourth quarter was soon blown up again for the fifth offense, and it wasn't until the end that Kidd dared to get him back.
But interestingly, Paul said after the game: "There were ups and downs in the game, and we didn't adapt to blowing penalties, that's not why we lost, but we didn't really adapt to blowing penalties." They defended the home field, they did what they had to do. ”
Listening to this meaning, it seems to be a satire on the referee? What do you think the referee is blowing?
However, whether there is a home whistle or not, it is not the reason for Paul's 7 mistakes, the sun has passed, but it can not be taken lightly! Don't think you're stable!