With Harden's 16-point performance in the last quarter, the Philadelphia 76ers, who played at home in the semifinals G4, finally defeated the Heat 116-108, and at the same time, they also changed the series score to a 2-2 draw.
In fact, under the command of head coach Rivers, the G4 and 76ers quickly established an advantage at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the first half.
Although Butler continued to attack in the last quarter and try to save the loss, the 76ers, who were fully up, still won the G4 battle under the witness of the home fans!
Of course, the G4 76ers were able to beat the Heat again, and the play of Harden + Embiid + Maxi, who combined to cut 73 points, also played a crucial leading role.
Harden dreamed of returning to the peak, starting 39 minutes, shooting 6 three-pointers on 8 of 18 from the middle and outside the line, and bombing a team-high 31 points, plus 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 steal.
And this game cut 30+ to help the team win, Harden not only achieved a strong rebound, re-proved his strength and value, but also with practical actions, shattered the outside world's doubts!
At the same time, it is worth mentioning that after the G4 won 31+7+9, Harden became the first in the history of the 76ers, and the player who scored 30+5+5+5 three-pointers in a single game in the playoffs can be said to have set a brilliant personal record!
In addition, the G4 continues to play with injuries, and the 76ers' main interior lineman Joel Embiid is also indispensable.
In this game, Embiid lived up to expectations, shooting from the inside and outside to deliver 24 points + 11 rebounds + 2 assists + 1 block, continuing the stable performance of the G3 game!
I have to say that the 76ers were able to equalize two games in a row in a row after falling behind 0-2, and the role of Embiid returning from the line of fire is obviously beyond doubt!
And G4 against the Heat, the performance of the young main player In the team's starting lineup, Maxi, is also remarkable.
In this campaign, Maxi dared to fight, starting 40 minutes, shooting 2 three-pointers on 5-of-10 shooting, and easily cutting down 18 points+ 3 rebounds + 4 assists, which is the key to the 76ers being able to suppress the Heat all the time!
More importantly, according to statistics, G4 Maxi's positive and negative value in the first battle was as high as +13, ranking the highest in the whole game, and it can be said that with a highly efficient personal performance, it successfully affected the trend of the game!
Coupled with Danny Green + Harris's respective duties, Niang provided a strong firepower on the bench, and rationally speaking, the G4 team was able to win the Heat in a game against the 76ers and equalize the series, which is indeed the result of the team's joint efforts!
For the 76ers, after returning to the same running line after the series score of 2-2, there seem to be a lot of variables in the semifinal battle between the 76ers and the Heat, which is getting better!
In contrast, on the other hand, on the Heat side, the G4 team fell into passivity early and eventually had no chance to reverse, and the performance of the team that lost the game on the road obviously needs to be examined.
After all, under butler's good performance and the full performance of 40+3+6+2+2, the play of the two main players of Lowry + Taylor Hiro is indeed slightly sluggish!
In this game, Lowry fought with an injury, the first 28 minutes of the game, 3 of 10 shots did not feel good, not to mention, the outside three-point shot was 6 shots and 0 shots completely lost the crosshairs, while the individual also made 4 mistakes.
More importantly, Lowry's hamstring injury in this battle also has repeated symptoms, which also makes Lori G5 play normally, adding a little uncertainty!
And G4 faced the 76ers in a game, Taylor Hiro was also slow to open the situation, although the whole game handed over 11 + 10 + 1 + 2 double-double performance, but his overall 12 shots 4, three-point shooting rate of 5 shots 1, is indeed not efficient.
Obviously, for the Heat, although in the next G5 game, the team will sit on the home field advantage, but there is a saying, the Heat want to win the King Mountain, a hard battle is undoubtedly inevitable!