The Warriors veteran scored a three-point shot, the 76ers lost unexpectedly, Maxey scored 35 points, and Brunson was in a slump!
Text: Lao Kan Kanqiu
Editor|Lao Kan Kanqiu
On April 23, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Philadelphia 76ers went to New York to challenge the Knicks away. The two sides will usher in the second game of the playoffs, the last game between the two teams was just a tentative match, each played two quarters of good ball, the 76ers won 24 points in the third quarter of the first quarter, and the Knicks won 31 points in the remaining two quarters, and finally the Knicks took the next city and temporarily led 1-0. Before the game, the American media ESPN gave a winning rate prediction: the 76ers have a winning rate of 44.0%, and the Knicks have a 56.0% winning rate.
Compared to Embiid's performance during the regular season, his playoff form is not excellent, and although the outside world has high hopes for the MVP-caliber player, Embiid has still not proven himself in the playoffs. In the last G1 game against the Knicks, he shot only 8 of 22 from the field, shooting less than 36.4%. And, in the second quarter of the game, he left the game with an injury, and for the 76ers, he was really shocked into a cold sweat, but he returned to the game in the second half. After the game, Philadelphia head coach Nurse spoke about Embiid's injury in an interview, saying: "Embiid told me that he would stick with the second game, and he didn't feel like there was anything wrong with him!"
In terms of injuries, Covington and Melton on the 76ers' side were absent, and Embiid announced that he would play normally before the game, so Nas still used the starting five of the last game: Lowry, Maxey, Embiid, Harris, Oubre, and Randle was still absent on the Knicks' side, and the starting lineup was: Brunson, Anunoby, DiVincenzo, Hart, Hartenstein.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Maxey hit three three-pointers in a row, Philadelphia played a perfect start 9-0, Hart scored two points to stop the bleeding in time, Embiid received the ball at the top of the arc, and the three-point shot also fell into the net, hitting the first three-point of the game. Hart was knocked down by Embiid after dropping the ball, and then showed a rather helpless expression, the two were really stronger, and then Hart quickly went down to meet Embiid for a layup, and the latter easily cut the ball, and the 76ers got the ball. Embiid still has three points at the top of the arc, and the 76ers have led by seven points. Hart also responded with three points, Embiid took the backcourt rebound and pushed the counterattack, entangled with Hart again, and was blown away by the referee, Embiid was quite dissatisfied and output directly to the referee's face. At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers led by seven points at 25-18.
In the first quarter of the game, Embiid and Hart really played with fire, and the confrontation gradually escalated. Coming back in the second quarter, Maxey continued his hot hand, broke through the small throw limit in the middle and scored, and then faced Hart at the top of the arc and made a three-point shot, Hart scored another three points in response, and Hield hit a board in the chaos to score the first point of his career in the playoffs. It was still Embiid, who was whistled for a foul in defense, and was dissatisfied with the penalty and pushed DiVincenzo away and angrily ate a technical foul. Then the Knicks called a timeout, Lowry wanted to get the ball, Hart just didn't give it, and the smell of gunpowder between the two sides today is continuing to increase. With Brunson hitting one of two free throws, the Knicks trailed a four-point deficit at 49-53 at halftime.
The physical contact between the two teams in the first half was really intense, and the two teams also had many verbal altercations and pushes, and Embiid was booed by Knicks fans when he made free throws, which was really good. In the first half, Embiid was 6-of-14 and scored 16 points, 10 boards, 3 assists and 1 block, Maxey scored 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Hart was 7-of-14 and 4-of-5 three-pointers and had 19 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and Brunson was 4-of-14 and only contributed 13 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
Yibian fought again, Embiid was still single, turned over and shot steadily in the unbalanced, and then the jump ball was stealed by DiVincenzo in the backcourt, and he also made a foul on Lowry. Brunson's hand was still cold, and his step-back jumper appeared to be three non-sticky, but fortunately, the role players were strong today, and Hartenstein scored consecutive throws and scored, and he had scored 10 points in a single quarter to help the Knicks complete the comeback. Embiid singled Hart again to cause a foul, and the latter shook his head helplessly, which was too arbitrary, and after the third quarter, the Knicks had a five-point lead.
Embiid did have a lot of free throws in the playoffs, and the Knicks home fans seemed to be quite dissatisfied with the penalty in this game. In the fourth quarter, Embiid hit a long-range shot, Maxey also threw a shot, and the 76ers chased it to 1 point. Embiid was stealed, Hart's basket was blown to interfere with the ball, Maxey grabbed the backcourt rebound and was robbed by McBride, who threw and scored, and then made another emergency stop jump shot to make it 2+1, and Anthony nodded and praised the game. At the critical moment, Maxi made a sudden throw, scoring 11 points in a row and surpassing by 5 points. At the last moment, there was a god plot, Brunson scored three points, Maxey was stealed, the Warriors hit the three-point limit shot, shot the quasi-kill, chased 6 points in one round, the 76ers lost unexpectedly, and the Knicks went down 104-101 at home, leading 2-0.
In terms of statistics, on the 76ers' side, Embiid shot 12 of 29 and scored 34 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks, and Maxey scored 35 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists. On the Knicks' side, Hart exploded, playing 48 minutes, slashing 21 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists, Brunson was in a slump, 24 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists on 8-of-29 shooting, and DiVincenzo contributed 19 points.