On May 1, Beijing time, the Knicks played at home against the 76ers, although the 76ers lost G1, G2 game, but many people believe that the 76ers can defend their home court, especially after the G3 game, such a thing is even more convincing, but unexpectedly in the G4 game Embiid was invisible in the fourth quarter of the game, and finally the 76ers lost the game G4 game, Embiid was questioned a lot after such a thing, and now the 76ers have been forced into a desperate situation, if the 76ers don't want to end the season like this, then Embiid must play better in the G5 game。
In the first quarter of the game, Lowry threw iron, and then DiVincenzo was blocked by Oubre, Harris hit a three-point shot and Hart threw an iron, and in the next game, the two teams frequently hit iron with three points, and then Harris took the lead in helping the 76ers score, and then the two teams began to play iron battles, and at the critical moment, Hartenstein went to the free throw line to score 2 points, but then Maxey scored 4 points in a row, and the 76ers led the Knicks by 8 points. After the pause, Hartenstein hit a shot, Harris continued to score in a hot state, and then Brunson scored a layup and assisted Anunoby to dunk and score, on the other hand, Embiid was blocked by Anunoby on the offensive iron, Hart counterattacked and scored 2+1, Maxey scored after DiVincenzo scored, and the Knicks fell behind by 1 point. Payne hit a 3-pointer late in the game, Anunoby made a turnover, Oubre scored on a layup, Maxey scored two points on a free throw, and the 76ers led by nine points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Brunson shot and scored, DiVincenzo scored 2 points after Maxi hit the iron, Brunson threw and hit after Harris hit the iron, Oubre scored a layup at the critical moment to stop the decline, and the 76ers frequently hit the iron in the next game, on the other hand, on the Knicks' side, Brunson scored a layup, Anunoby also hit three points, and the Knicks directly tied the score. After the timeout, Embiid was blocked by Robinson, and then McBride scored 5 points in a row, and the 76ers' offense was still bad in the next game, Brunson hit a shot to continue to expand the lead, but then the Knicks' offense was also sluggish, and then Harris finally hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, and then Hart assisted Robinson to dunk and score. After the timeout, Brunson continued to score, and then Embiid hit a three-pointer, but unfortunately Embiid attacked and fouled, and Brunson hit a three-pointer, but fortunately, Batum hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, and Maxey also scored in the final moments, and the Knicks led the 76ers 49-43 at halftime.
At the beginning of the game, the Knicks were in trouble, but as the game progressed, the offensive state of the 76ers declined, so the Knicks quickly chased the score, and in the second quarter of the game, the 76ers were in an offensive state, at this time the Knicks began to hit three points, and at the same time, the Knicks also played a defensive counterattack, in this case, the Knicks directly reversed the 76ers to occupy the lead on the court. In the first half, Brunson slowly played his own state, which was the key to the Knicks' ability to pull away the score, and Brunson got 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists at the end of the half. However, Lakers veteran Hart's offensive state was sluggish, and at halftime, Hart had 7 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, including a poor 0-of-4 from the outside three-point range.
If the 76ers want to win this game, they need Embiid to step up, but in the first half of the game, Embiid pulled his hips directly, Embiid did not protect the rebounds well on the defensive end, and Embiid also made some mistakes, Embiid was a little inefficient on the offensive end, and was blocked many times in the game, it can be said that Embiid played too much hip, and in the Knicks' home Embiid was booed as long as he held the ball, and at the end of the half, Embiid got 8 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 turnovers in 3 of 10. Fortunately, Maxey was in good shape in the first half, so the Knicks were not able to completely open the score, and Maxey got 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists at halftime.