The 76ers, who just won over the Lakers, continue to challenge the Clippers in Los Angeles today. George made a comeback, and the Clippers' two fronts merged again. But the 76ers have been in equally good form lately, and they came up in the first quarter to build a lead. Embiid and Harris were in hot form, scoring back-to-back. The 76ers led by seven points at 34-27 at the end of the first quarter. The Clippers' offense stalled in the second quarter, and the opponent seized the opportunity to play a small climax, and at most the trailing margin reached double digits. The 76ers led by 11 points at halftime, 63-52.
In the second half, Leonard finally began to gain momentum, scoring eight points in a row to lead the team to close the gap and stop the 76ers. In the third quarter, the Clippers also completely took off, once erasing the point difference or even completing the comeback. But Niang's two crucial three-pointers at the end of the third quarter helped stabilize the situation. At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers trailed by just one point at 89-90. Earlier in the fourth quarter, Maxi led the team to play well on the court, scoring consecutive points to extend the lead. The Clippers, on the other hand, scored only 1 point in 6 minutes. After Embiid and Harden returned to the court, they won the game smoothly, and finally the 76ers won 120-110 on the road to the Clippers and won three straight games.
In this game, Embiid was undoubtedly the best player in the game, playing 33 minutes and 15 seconds, shooting 12 of 22 for 41 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, with a plus/minus of +7. In two games against the Clippers, Embiid scored a total of 85 points, and no one could stop it. If the inner line suffers a loss, then the emperor must let the paint area grow without grass. Strategically, the 76ers are completely in control of the Clippers. With 41 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, Embiid swallowed the Clippers.
Embiid has made 35+ 35+ 15 times so far this season, compared to just 10 for other centers in the league combined. This season, Embiid's scoring ability has improved again, but when you see this, you will find Harden's horror, for the simple reason that Embiid frequently cuts high points, and Harden's help is indispensable.
In this game, Harden shot 1-of-6 from the field, 0-of-4 from three-point range, scored 6 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. The night of confusion and lying winning, played 32 minutes, only made 6 shots and scored one goal. The score is indeed pulled, but there are also remarkable places, control and defense! The tandem is still online, Harden has a total of 9 assists, 5 of which are given to Embiid, and during the game, we can often see the two blocking and dismantling, which is very powerful. Harden really didn't have any offensive desire in the first three quarters, but it is clear that Harden was closing and playing, and he only attacked himself at the beginning of the fourth quarter, really giving up his own data in order to win.
To borrow Jr's words: "When Harden's scoring is low and the 76ers can win by a big margin, it shows that this team is really going on the good side!" In addition, Brother Deng's feel has never been a big problem, it will always warm up! It's key to really see this team grow!
This game is really interesting, the Clippers were stunned by a wave of individual shows by the Pony after the third quarter, and then the Clippers themselves lost their hands, mistakes repeatedly, Niang three points + Pony fast attack + Dengdi free throws to make up points, a wave of 11-0 to open the gap. The Clippers surrendered directly.
Maxi's form did pick up this game, and the Pony offered to play as a substitute. To be honest, at the beginning I thought he could play as a starter, just like Thompson just came back, playing badly, but each player has his own self-esteem, playing for so long as a starter, people come back to play badly, immediately cold bench arrangement, not very good (from the player's point of view), Lao Li himself also knows.
Starters: Since the Pony is willing, then the most reasonable starters needless to say, are Harden, Melton, Toha, Tucker, Embiid.
Last Quarter: The first half can be Milton (Harden), Maxi, Seibre, Sissy, Harrell. This is actually borrowed from Coach Kidd's formation, and in the first half of the last quarter, Dinwiddie and Wood, emphasize playing fast, playing randomly, surprise, and disrupting the opponent's defensive settings. In the second half, Powell will replace Wood, he has a better frame and a sense of position with Luka, the ball returns to the most stable Luka in the team (here you can bring in Harden), and the closing stage swings back to the starting lineup and is more stable.
If Maxi and Harris are your team's No. 2 scorers, I'm not sure they can help you get far in the playoffs? I like Harden, who is a point guard, and I love his passing. But only 5 or 6 shots a game? That's not going to work in the playoffs.