Ugly 1-2!Embiid 50+8, 2 major evildoers cause controversy, Miro retires from injury, and the NBA miracle is born!
Text: Lao Kan Kanqiu
Editor|Lao Kan Kanqiu
On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs ushered in the first round of G3, and the Philadelphia 76ers sat at home to face the New York Knicks. In the first game, G1, both sides played two good quarters, and finally the Knicks took the next city, and the 76ers in G2 had a chance to pull one back, but they were helplessly disrupted by the referee in the end, Maxi was fouled one after another and did not blow, and the loss was indeed very wronged, at present, the 76ers have fallen behind 0-2 with a big score, and the chance of promotion is slim. Before the game, the American media ESPN gave a winning rate prediction: the 76ers have a winning rate of 57.2%, and the Knicks have a 42.8% winning rate.
Obviously, the league's unfair penalty completely angered the 76ers, after the last game, the Philadelphia head coach and core Embiid successively angrily sprayed the referee on duty in the interview session, and the league also knew that it was at a loss, and did not give a ticket. However, even if the referee's report the next day showed that the referee finally made three misjudgments in the G2 game, all of which were unfavorable to the 76ers, but the results have been formed, and it is useless to say more, I don't know if the league in G3 will hint that the referee will give the 76ers corresponding balance compensation. According to Philadelphia media statistics, in the 76ers' history of the playoffs, there have been a total of 9 times when the score was 0-2 behind, and there has been no precedent for a successful reversal, which is indeed like a mountain that is difficult to cross for the 76ers.
In terms of injuries, Covington on the 76ers' side is absent, Melton is ushering in a comeback, Embiid announced his normal play before the game, therefore, Nurse still uses the starting five of the last game: Oubre, Harris, Embiid, Lowry, Maxey, and the Knicks are still absent from Randle, and the starting lineup is: Brunson, Anunoby, DiVincenzo, Hart, Hartenstein.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Embiid took the lead and scored two points, Harris also hit a mid-range shot, and Anunoby hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc to respond. After DiVincenzo passed Oubre, he went straight to the basket but was made up by Lowry, and he hugged the former on the head, hitting the corner of the eye bleeding, and the referee escalated to a first-degree malicious foul after reviewing it.
Then when Embiid and Hatten were in the position, they directly pushed them down with an elbow, and were whistled for offensive fouls, and in the face of the team's successive blows for malice and offensive fouls, the home fans stopped doing it, and all of them scolded the referee. This is not over, after Embiid fell to the ground, he directly grabbed Miro's leg and the latter fell, and had another verbal altercation with DiVincenzo, and after the referee reviewed the video again, Embiid received another malicious foul. Maxey was unaffected by the clash and hit a solid pull-up jumper to give the 76ers a two-point lead to the Knicks at 27-29 after the first quarter.
Today, both sides are very angry, especially the 76ers, after the last aggrieved loss, the whole team must have grievances, and the action is also very big, however, I still hope that both sides will return to normal games. Coming back in the second quarter, Bojan and Batum exchanged three-pointers, Payne came off the bench and hit two three-pointers, and the 76ers completed the overtake.
Embiid cut to the basket to cause Hatten's third foul, but was helplessly replaced, and then knocked down Miro in the breakaway, and received another offensive foul, which has also been three fouls. Payne's layup was completed by Bojan behind him, and Embiid made a mid-range shot, but after the shot, he kicked his right foot directly to Miro, who covered his crotch and looked very painful. DiVincenzo went straight to the basket and finished a tomahawk dunk against Embiid, and the Knicks led by three points at 58-55 at the end of the first half.
There were indeed a lot of fouls on both sides in the first half, and the physical contact was also very large, and the 76ers' two consecutive malicious fouls also caused controversy in the media. What's even uglier is that Embiid is so soft that he falls to the ground at every turn, which can easily cause injuries to people on the court, no wonder Harden wants to leave, it's really muddy that can't support the wall. And too much emotion will also affect the stability of the shot, the data shows that the 76ers only made 5 of 17 three-point shots in the first half, and the shooting rate was only 29%. Embiid finished with 17 points and five rebounds on 5-of-9 shooting in the first half, while Maxey contributed 11 points, two rebounds and one steal. Brunson finished with 17 points and five assists on 7-of-15 shooting and 3-of-4 three-pointers, while Anunoby had 11 points, two rebounds, one steal and one block.
In the rematch, Maxi stepped up, first stealing DiVincenzo to complete the dunk, and then hitting a three-pointer to tie the score. Then there were three three-pointers from beyond the arc, and Embiid hit three consecutive three-pointers to give the 76ers a 10-point lead. Hart responded with a three-point shot, Brunson shook Maxey to make a foul, scored 2+1, Embiid had three points at the top of the arc, and after the third quarter, the 76ers had a lead of 13 points.
In the fourth quarter, Miró suffered a sprained left ankle, and the Knicks announced that they would withdraw from the game early. Embiid made a strong shot for Hatten's fifth foul, hit all three free throws, and then hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc to give the 76ers a lead of 15 points. OG hit two three-pointers from the outside, Embiid made two fouls and made two free throws, Brunson missed a key shot, Lowry hit a shot, and there was no suspense in the game. In the end, the 76ers struggled to pull back a game, and the big score came to 1-2, but it still has to be said that it was really an ugly free throw contest.
In terms of statistics, on the 76ers' side, Embiid shot 13 of 19 and 19 of 21 free throws, scoring 50 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, successfully breaking his playoff career scoring record and creating an NBA miracle, while Maxey scored 25 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. On the Knicks' side, Brunson ushered in an explosion, cutting 39 points, 2 rebounds and 13 assists, Hart contributed 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Anunoby 17 points, Hatten 14 points, and DiVincenzo 5 points.