On April 23, Beijing time, the Knicks played at home against the 76ers, Embiid had an injury problem in the G1 game, Embiid was worried about his dignified face at that time, fortunately Embiid continued to play without any major problems, but the Knicks still defeated the 76ers smoothly under the play of many people, and now in the G2 game, Maxey is even more doubtful because of injury, and whether Maxey can play will be decided before the game, but the 76ers will give the starting list, Embiid, Maxey can play, so the 76ers still have a chance to win the game at this time.
In the first quarter of the game, Brunson hit the iron, and then Oubre also hit the iron with a layup, Maxey hit three points after the Knicks made a mistake, Maxey continued to hit three points after Brunson hit the iron with three points, Maxey hit three points after Hart hit the iron, Embiid hit the iron after Hart counterattacked and scored a layup, the Knicks were still in a bad offensive state after Embiid shot the iron, fortunately DiVincenzo hit three points later, but Harris and Oubre scored frequently inside, and DiVincenzo hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding at the critical moment, and the Knicks were 6 points behind the 76ers. After the timeout, Embiid scored frequently to help the 76ers extend the lead, and at the critical moment, Hart scored to help the Knicks chase 6 points, and the two teams played chaotic in the final stage, and the 76ers led by 7 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Oubre continued to score, fortunately, Brunson was also able to go to the free throw line to score, and in the next game, the 76ers offense began to hit iron, Hart hit three consecutive three-pointers to chase the score, Maxey threw and hit at the critical moment, Bojan hit a three-point iron after Hield scored a layup, and the Knicks still trailed by 7 points after Anunoby dunked the score. Batum hit a three-pointer after a timeout, DiVincenzo scored to stop the bleeding, but Harris hit a three-pointer to put the Knicks up to 10 points. After a timeout, Hart hit a long shot, Maxey scored a layup after Brunson scored a layup, Embiid hit a mid-range shot, Brunson scored 2+1, and Embiid hit the iron frequently in the next game, but Brunson did not seize the opportunity, but Harris took the lead in hitting three points, and in the next game Hart helped the Knicks bite the score, and the 76ers led the Knicks 53-49 at halftime.
In the first half of the game, the 76ers also beat the Knicks, and the reason why this happened was because the 76ers blossomed more, and Maxey frequently hit three points soon after the game began, and Maxey maintained an offensive state in the next game, so the 76ers were able to firmly take the lead, and at the end of the half, Maxey got 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in 7 of 11. As for Embiid, he also had an excellent performance in the first half, and Harris was able to hit open three-pointers is also quite important, at the end of the half, Embiid got 16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, and Harris got 10 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
As for Brunson's real crotch pull in the first half of the game, Brunson didn't grasp a lot of baskets that should be driven, it can be said that such Brunson really dragged down the Knicks, and at the end of the half, Brunson got 13 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist in 4 of 14. And in the first half of the game, if it weren't for the Lakers veteran Hart struggling to support in the game, then the Knicks may not have played so closely with the 76ers, after all, Hart has done his best on the defensive end, and more importantly, Hart's outside three-point state is hot, at the end of the half, Hart got 19 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists in 7 of 13, including 4 of 5 outside three-pointers. And if the Knicks really want to turn around in the second half, Hart needs to continue to maintain his form, and Brunson must also find his form.