On April 23, Beijing time, in the first round of the NBA playoffs G2, the Knicks continued to play against the 76ers at home. The Knicks went on an 8-0 run in the final 30 seconds of the final quarter and defeated the 76ers 104-101 to take a 2-0 lead.
Hart played 48 minutes in this game without a second of rest, and in the whole game, Hart had 21 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks on 7-of-16 shooting, 4-of-7 three-pointers, 3-of-4 free throws, and a plus/minus of +3.
In the fourth quarter of this game, Hart hit all 2 shots and did not score, but in this game Hart was the best player in the first half of the Knicks, and he had 19 points and 9 rebounds in the first half.
In the final minute of the fourth quarter, Brunson hit a three-pointer and DiVincenzo hit another three-pointer to achieve the comeback, and DiVincenzo's three-point shot began with Hart stealing Maxey.
It is worth mentioning that in two consecutive games, Hart got 20+10 data, and in G1, Hart got 22 points and 13 rebounds.
The Knicks played very hard in this game, but fortunately, good luck favored the Knicks at the last moment, especially the individual performance and luck of the iron man Brunson.
Brunson got 24 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in the whole game, the data was not bad, but the shooting rate was miserable, only 8 of 29 shots, the shooting rate was 27.6%, and 1 of 6 three-pointers, Brunson's only three-point shot was in the final moments of the game when the Knicks were 96-101 behind.
Brunson's shooting percentage was also very low in G1, when Brunson had 22 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists on 8-of-26 shooting, shooting 30.8% from the field.
The 76ers duo had excellent performances in this game, Embiid and Maxey both got 30+10 data, but there were not enough helpers, and Maxey's mistake at the last moment was stealed, which directly led to the loss.
In the G1 game, Embiid's self-throwing and self-dunking injury caused him to have a tiger's performance, and Embiid's injury in the G2 game did not seem to affect his performance.
In the first quarter of the game, Embiid grabbed rebounds many times and got 12 points and 8 assists, and in the whole game, Embiid scored 34 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 block on 12-of-29 shooting, 2-of-9 three-pointers, 8-of-12 free throws, and a plus/minus of +3.
In the G1 game, Maxi scored 33 points, and Maxi still performed well as a whole in this game, scoring 15 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, and Maxi was leading the team from falling behind to overtaking, but at the last moment, Hart stealing Maxi became the beginning of DiVincenzo's three-point shooting.
Maxey finished the game with 35 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 turnovers on 12-of-22 shooting, 5-of-11 three-pointers and 6-of-6 free throws, with a plus/minus of -3.