On April 18, Beijing time, the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Miami Heat 105-104 at home to lock up the seventh place in the East. In this game, the 35-year-old French veteran Batum became the super wonder of the whole game, without his four three-pointers in the third quarter, Philadelphia has been stretched apart, and he is even more offensive and defensive in the final quarter, 24.7 seconds big hat Herro locked the win, Philadelphia fans are reluctant to leave the court and have been cheering for him.
The 35-year-old Nicholas Batum turned out to be the superstar of this crucial play-off game, without him Philadelphia might have been crushed by the Heat in the third quarter, Batum only played 10 minutes in the first half, scoring 3 points and 1 rebound on 1-of-2 shooting.
Entering Batum time in the third quarter, he made 3 of 4 in 6 minutes in a single quarter, scored 9 points and 2 rebounds, and the Heat once stretched to 14 points, and Batum's three-point attack set off a call for Philadelphia to counterattack.
Batum played only 16 minutes after the third quarter, scoring 12 points on 4-of-6 three-point shooting, all of which came from beyond three-point range.
Batum was even more explosive in the fourth quarter, a goal from Philadelphia was a three-point shot from him, the Heat responded to a wave of 6-0 again, Batum made a basket at a critical moment to stop the Heat, Batum assisted Embiid with three points after a steal, and there were 24 seconds left Batum won the block Herro, and after this block, Maxey protected the rebound and made a foul after the game trend has been controlled by Philadelphia.
Batum finished 27 minutes in the game, shooting 7-of-12 from the field and 6-of-10 from three-point range, finishing with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block, shooting 58.3% from the field and 60% from three-point range.
After the game, the fans were reluctant to leave the stadium and were cheering for Batum, who became a Philadelphia hero. Philadelphia officials also posted a series of posts to praise him
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream