On February 13, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Eastern Super Dark Horse Cavaliers hosted the 76ers. Previously, the Cavaliers had a record of 35 wins and 16 losses, ranking second in the East, and have won 9 consecutive games in the past! Statistics show that since entering the 24th year, the Cavaliers have ranked first in the league in many statistics such as net efficiency value + defensive efficiency + record in the same period! In addition, in last week's Player of the Week competition, Mitchell averaged 278 points 48 rebounds 50 assists, led the team to 4 wins and 0 losses, and became the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. In the last 18 games, the Cavaliers first won 8 consecutive games, lost 1 game to the Bucks in the middle, and then won 9 games in a row, ranking third in the league after the Celtics and Clippers in the latest NBA power rankings!
And the 76ers are stormy. Embiid officially withdrew from the competition for personal honors such as MVP and scoring title this season after undergoing surgery. According to Philadelphia, Embiid is expected to be out of action for 6-8 weeks and can return as soon as the end of the regular season, and they don't want to give up on the season. Before the trade deadline, the 76ers successively sent away Beverley, House, Korkmaz and others in exchange for Hield and Payne, and signed Lowry, which has increased on paper, but has quietly completed the goal of tax avoidance, and the team has $10 million left in the middle of the case, which will definitely not be used. The 76ers had a previous record of 31-21 and dropped to around 10th in the East in the future, which is only a matter of time.
76ers starters: Maxey + Hield + Martin + Oubre + Reed; Cavaliers starters: Garland + Mitchell + Strus + Mobley Jr. + Allen. At the beginning of the game, the two teams focused on the basket, Reed and Hield made a layup, Garland threw + Mobley Jr. made a basket, and both teams played very crowded. Mitchell steals Maxey after making a kill, Allen and Mobley eat cakes in a row, and Martin Jr.'s counterattack and Reed go down helped the 76ers catch up with the score. In the middle of the period, Strus and Mitchell fired from the outside, and Mitchell continued to train Hield, but the 76ers relied on Payne and Hield to make two three-pointers in the second half to erase the difference again! Hield continued to score three points at the end of the quarter, Bamba dunked violently, and the 76ers kept winning points, and the 76ers led the Cavaliers 34-33 in the first quarter.
Coming back in the second quarter, Maxey finally went outside**, and hit two three-pointers in a row, and then broke through to the layup! LeVert and Mobley blossomed all the way inside and out, Garland also hit a three-pointer, Payne and Martin Jr. continued to make kills, Bamba was able to hit a three-pointer, and the two teams maintained about 5 points and fell into a tug-of-war. In the second half, Okro and Mitchell rained three-pointers, and Mitchell's breakthrough stopped and shook Oubre directly, but the 76ers relied on Martin Jr. and Maxey to keep the lead, and Hield continued to score three points at the end of the quarter, and Mobley continued to eat cake in response. The 76ers led the Cavaliers 66-62 at halftime. Mitchell had 16 points and 4 assists, Mobley had 12 points and 6 rebounds, and Allen had 12 points and 7 rebounds; On the 76ers' side, Hield had 13 points and Maxey had 12 points and eight assists.
At the start of the second half, Reed scored consecutive layups, and combined with Maxey to stop the Cavaliers. Mitchell made consecutive difficult layups to stop the bleeding, and then Garland made two three-pointers + counterattack layups to close the score again. In the middle of the game, Strus counterattacked and made a layup, and the Cavaliers finally overtook him! But in just one minute, Oubre and Hield scored four points in a row to stop the bleeding, and then the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, and the score rose alternately. At the end of the quarter, the 76ers relied on Payne's continuous breakthrough to make kills, LeVert stopped the bleeding with three points, and Allen scored four points in a row to overtake the 76ers again. At the end of the third quarter, the Cavaliers led 92-91. Embiid is not there, the 76ers' overall scoring is relatively even, and the Cavaliers have no obvious defensive focus, but the 76ers can't guard Mitchell.
In the fourth quarter, Mobley grabbed the ball in the air and dunked, Payne and Oubre singled to bite the score, Mitchell made Maxey a three-point foul, and Oubre kept making free throws to lead the team to overtake! In the middle of the section, Hield's inside and outside shots helped the 76ers open up the difference, and at the decisive moment, Garland and Mitchell hit consecutive singles, and Maxey responded with a layup + step-back jumper. In the last two minutes, Oubre hit a three-pointer, but the Cavaliers relied on Garland and Mitchell to chase down only four points. Mitchell's three-point shot pulled back the suspense, and then the two teams started foul tactics at the same time, Garland hit a three-point iron at the last moment, and finally the Cavaliers lost to the 76ers 121-123, and the Cavaliers ended their 9-game winning streak!
76ers statistics, Maxey 22 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, Oubre 24 points and 3 rebounds, Hield 24 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Reed 13 points and 8 rebounds, Payne 15 points and 4 assists, Martin 10 points and 8 rebounds. Cavaliers statistics, Mitchell 36 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, Allen 21 points and 10 rebounds, Garland 21 points and 9 assists, Mobley Jr. 14 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks, Strus 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, LeVert 11 points and 6 assists. The longest winning streak this season is nine, and the Cavaliers, Magic, Knicks and Clippers have all done it, but no team has broken the 10-game winning streak, which is a strange circle.
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