On May 1, 2024, Beijing time, in today's NBA playoffs, the Knicks ushered in the G5 battle with the 76ers at home, and the Knicks are currently leading 3-1 in the series, and they are determined to end the series today, Randle and Bojan are absent on the Knicks side, starters: Brunson + DiVincenzo + Hart + OG + Harten, 76ers Melton and Covington are absent, starters: Maxey + Lowry + Oubre + Harris + Embiid.
In the first quarter of the game, the Knicks did not score for more than 4 minutes after the game started, Harris scored 5 points for the 76ers, Harten broke the scoring drought for the Knicks with 2 free throws, Maxey scored 5 points in a row, the 76ers 10-2, Harten, Brunson, OG scored, Harris, Maxey responded, the difference was 6 points, OG and Hart chased the difference to 1 point, Embiid, Payne, Batum, Maxey expanded the difference to 9 points, and the 76ers led 26-17 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Brunson and DiVincenzo started to chase the difference to 3 points, Oubre made a layup, Brunson, OG, and McBride scored 12-0 to overtake 7 points, Harris scored three points, Miro, Brunson responded, the Knicks led by 8 points, Embiid scored three points, Brunson, and Hatten responded, the difference was 10 points, Maxey, Batum, and Embiid scored, and Hatten, McBride, and Hart responded, and the Knicks led 49-43 at halftime.
Brunson had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 7-of-10 shooting in the half, McBride had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 3-of-5 shooting, Maxey had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 6-of-12 shooting, Harris had 10 points and 2 boards on 4-of-6 shooting, and Embiid had 8 points, 9 boards, 3 assists and 2 blocks on 3-of-10 shooting.
In the third quarter of the game, Oubre and Harris chased the difference to 2 points, Brunson shot, Maxey scored 6 points in a row, the 76ers overtook 2 points, Hart and Brunson scored, Embiid responded with consecutive points, the difference was still 2 points, Hart, Brunson, DiVincenzo three points, Maxey, Oubre, Harris responded, the 76ers led by 1 point, OG, Hart scored, Payne scored three points, and the Knicks led 70-69 in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Maxey and Batum scored 5 points in a row to overtake 4 points, DiVincenzo made a layup, Maxey scored three points, the difference was 5 points, McBride, Hart, and OG played a 10-0 overtake of 5 points, Harris shot, Brunson responded 2+1, and the difference was 6 points, Maxey, Oubre, and Embiid chased the difference to 1 point, Brunson and OG expanded the difference to 5 points, Maxey throws, Brunson shoots, OG2 made 1 of free throws, the difference was 6 points, Oubre made a layup, McBride made a shot, the difference was still 6 points, there were 29 seconds left in the game, Maxey 3+1, Hart made 1 of 2 free throws, the difference was 3 points, there were 15 seconds left in the game, Maxey made a long three points to tie the difference, Brunson threw and was blocked by Batum, and the two sides entered overtime.
In overtime, Brunson scored 5 points in a row at the beginning of the military training, Maxey scored three points, Embiid made 1 of 2 free throws, Oubre dunked, the 76ers overtook by 1 point, Brunson made a mistake, and Embiid scored 2+1, the 76ers led by 4 points, Brunson broke through and was hit in the face by Embiid, blowing a first-degree malicious foul, Brunson hit a three-point shot after 2 free throws and 1 to tie the difference, Oubre made a layup, Brunson missed, Harris made 2 of 2 free throws, Brunson missed a layup, Maxey made 2 of 2 free throws, McBride missed a three-point shot, the game ended, and the 76ers beat the Knicks 112-106.
Maxey scored 46 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists on 17-of-30 shooting (7-of-12 from three-point range), setting a career playoff scoring record, and he scored seven points in the final 29 seconds of the fourth quarter to drag the game into overtime, turning the team from defeat to victory and creating a miracle. Embiid had 19 points, 16 boards, 10 assists and 5 blocks on 7-of-19 shooting, and had a triple-double, but had 9 turnovers, Harris had 19 points and 8 boards on 7-of-11 shooting, Oubre had 14 points, 4 boards and 2 blocks, and Batum had 8 points and 8 boards.
Brunson had 40 points, 3 boards, 6 assists and 3 steals on 15-of-32 shooting (4-of-11 three-pointers), Hart had 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists on 7-of-17 shooting, OG had 17 points and 6 boards, McBride had 14 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and DiVincenzo had 9 points and 4 boards.
After the 76ers won the G5, the series was tied at 2-3, and the G6 game will come to the 76ers' home court, and the 76ers have hope of equalizing, because the Knicks lack offensive talent and can only rely on Brunson to score, and the 76ers' side Maxey and Embiid can score high points, and the trend of this round of the series has changed dramatically.