Harden struck hand in hand, playing a gorgeous double-double, and the 76ers withstood the pressure of the Cavaliers on the road, laughed 118-109 to the end, won six straight and continued to put pressure on the second-placed Green Army.
Statistics
Embiid had 36 points, 18 rebounds, 4 blocks and 6 turnovers, Harden 28 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 steals, and Maxi 23 points.
On the Cavaliers' side, Garland had 15 points and 5 assists, Mitchell 21 points, Mobley 13 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, and LeVert 24 points and 6 assists.
The star of the field
Embiid continued his hot form, won a big double-double, gave away four big caps, completely dominated the basket at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, continued to close the gap between himself and Jokic, and strode towards his first MVP of his career.
Race tidbits
Embiid passed the ball and staged five big shots
LeVere scored a three-point whistle at halftime, and Harden was blown off
Wonderful moments
Match Review
Cavaliers starting center Allen continued to be sidelined due to injury, but Mitchell returned from injury. The 76ers teamed up to start the game, and the Cavaliers didn't find an offensive hole for a while, and could only rely on Mitchell to hit two goals, the scene was very passive, but Stevens and Okoro each hit a three-pointer, barely biting the score 12-13. Maxi broke the deadlock with a bottom-corner drift 3-pointer, followed by a quick offensive layup to quickly open the score, and the 76ers hit the iron while the iron was hot to stretch the lead to double digits. Twenty-seven seconds before the end of the first quarter, Cavaliers backup point guard Raul Neto hit a mid-range throw to make it 24-29. Embiid shot 4-of-5 for 15 points and seven rebounds in a quarter, but the 76ers had seven turnovers that were key to failing to pull the score.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the emperor took a break, Harden led the team alone, the Cavaliers super sixth man LeVere opened the killing ring, Garland, who did not score a point in the first quarter but suffered two fouls, also slowly found a feeling, plus the recent hot Ottoman, the Cavaliers played an 11-4 wave to complete the comeback. The 76ers returned to the main force, but the opposite LeVert and Osman were not relieved, and they could not regain the advantage for a while. With 11.1 seconds left in halftime, Embiid hit a hand-to-hand basket to close the gap to one point, but LeVere hit a three-point shot in the final 0.1 seconds, and the referee also blew Harden's feet, LeVert hit two malicious foul free throws, and the Cavaliers still led 60-55 into the intermission.
Embiid had 24 points and 9 rebounds in the half, Harden 11+5+4, and the Cavaliers LeVere became a surprise player, with a team-high 14 points and 4 assists in the half.
The Cavaliers hit a 10-2 mini-climax in the second half to stretch the gap to 13 points, and the 76ers immediately responded with an 8-0 call after a timeout to stabilize the situation. In the next game, the two sides went back and forth, Maxi kept hitting difficult goals, Garland finally played his due performance, scored 9 consecutive points, his goal in the last 35.1 seconds gave the Cavaliers an 83-79 lead of 4 points, but then Maxi hit two free throws, Niang hit a three-point whistle, and the 76ers led 84-83 into the final quarter.
After the start of the fourth quarter, LeVere and Harden began to face each other, the scene was very good, but after a short stalemate, the rest of the 76ers began to step up, Tucker scored a free throw, Milton, Embiid hit three consecutive three-pointers, and the Cavaliers relied too much on LeVere, Mitchell felt cold, resulting in the score being pulled apart, at one point to 108-99, 9 points.
With 4 minutes and 12 seconds left in the end, Embiid, who had already committed five offenses, was whistled for an offensive foul, and Referee Rivers successfully challenged him, and although there were boos from the scene, Embiid remained in the game after all. However, Mitchell then hit a 3-pointer and hit a layup to chase down only 3 points. At the critical moment, Maxi and Harden blocked and received the ball and hit the top three points of the arc, and at the critical moment, both sides failed to hit several shots, and the Cavaliers missed the last opportunity to chase the point, and could only resort to foul tactics, which still ended in failure.
Both sides start
76ers: Harden, Maxi, Harris, Tucker, Embiid
Cavaliers: Garland, Mitchell, Okoro, Stevens, Mobley