On April 18, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA play-offs continued, and the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Miami Heat 105-104 at home to lock up the seventh place in the East, and they will face the New York Knicks, who are second in the East, in the first round. After the first half, the Heat led by 12 points, and after the third quarter, Philadelphia narrowed it to 5 points, and in the final quarter, Philadelphia once overtook the two teams to enter a stalemate, with Oubre key 2+1 in 36 seconds, and Batum blocked Herro in 24 seconds to seal the win.
[Data of the two teams]
76ers: Embiid 23 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, Maxey 19 points and 6 assists, Harris 9 points and 10 rebounds, Oubre 11 points and 8 rebounds, Batum 20 points and 6 three-pointers.
Heat: Butler 19 points and 5 assists, Herro 25 points and 9 assists, Bam Adebayo 10 points and 12 rebounds, Harks 15 points and 5 rebounds, Love 10 points.
[Star of the game - Batum]
The hero of Philadelphia's comeback is Batum, if it weren't for his 4 three-pointers in the third quarter, Philadelphia would have collapsed, and he also hit a three-pointer in the final quarter, and he also won the block Herro 24 seconds before the end, with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 6 three-pointers in the game.
【Trivia】
With 1.5 seconds left in the first quarter, Butler fought under the basket in order to make Oubre foul, and there was a collision in the knee, and Butler was in pain holding his right knee, but he tried it and continued to fight.
【Contest Review】
In the opening game, Philadelphia took advantage of the home court advantage and quickly played a wave of 12-4 small climax, Spo made a change to let Love, Highsmith immediately changed the situation after his debut, the Heat began to play a lot of changes in the area defense, from 2-3 to 3-2 has been changing, Philadelphia has been caught up after three consecutive waves of turnovers, Butler was pushed to the knee by Oubre during a basket offensive look was painful, but the tough guy Butler tried a few times and decided to continue the battle, his free throws helped the Heat complete the comeback, and the Heat led Philadelphia 23-22 after the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Heat still adopted regional defense, Philadelphia made another series of mistakes, Harkes hit a basket and then Lefu came to another three-pointer, the Heat had a lead of 7 points, Butler was a steal and assist, Philadelphia's offense was sparse, and various attempts were made to hit the iron with three points. Harris missed two rebounds under the basket, Embiid made a foul after coming on the court, but the basket was a series of misses, and the empty basket before the end of the second quarter did not score, and the Heat led Philadelphia 51-39 at halftime.
Yibian fought again, Oubre took the lead in hitting a layup, Jovic responded with three points, Harris made a rebound, Reba made a strong dunk under the basket, Embiid forced Reba, Maxey threw a shot backwards, Butler pulled out a three-point shot, Lowry missed the basket Oubre's second offense did not score, Batum hit a three-point shot, Hield made a layup and narrowed it to 6 points to stop Spo. Hield was blown a T after a layup, Batum scored a three-pointer, Embiid missed twice, and Harkes hit a three-pointer to give the Heat a 74-69 lead after the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Philadelphia equalized 5-0 in a wave of boiling the whole court, Lefu rebounded in the front court, and Oubre made a foul to equalize again. Batum has three points, Butler steals and dunks after Philadelphia overtakes, Harkes breaks through the dunk, Herro throws and wins the Heat to take 3 points, Batum makes a basket and Herro responds, Embiid makes two fouls and hits two free throws, Embiid hits Herro with three points and responds with three points, Embiid is key 2+1, the Heat returns to the court and misses, Oubre 2+After 1, Spo took a timeout, Batum won and blocked Herro, and then entered the foul play, with 16.4 seconds left, Oubre hit both free throws, Harkes missed a three-point shot but Highsmith rebounded in the frontcourt, and Herro hit a three-point shot but the time was up.
[Both teams start]
76ers: Herro, Martin, Butler, Jovic, Adebayo;
Heat: Lowry, Maxey, Oubre, Harris, Embiid;
Text/Yan Xiaobai