"The 76ers suffered a losing streak, and Maxey performed well! "！
After the All-Star, the 2023-24 NBA season will start again! On February 23, Beijing time, the 76ers launched a fierce battle between Philadelphia and the New York Knicks. Embiid's injury has inevitably undermined the 76ers' results, and after eight rounds since February, the 76ers have lost five times, and four in a row, and now they are 32-22, fifth in the East. Prior to this game, the Knicks had already suffered four defeats and they are now in fourth place at 33-22. This one is related to the ranking of the two teams, and a fierce battle can happen at any time.
In the first quarter, the 76ers were in a terrible state, after Maxey scored 3 points, the team entered a scoreless state, and did not score for 4 consecutive minutes, while the Knicks were both inside and outside at the same time, launching an attack to pull the score away. Next, the Knicks continued to expand the score on the inside, but the 76ers' interior was a mess, with only two points in the entire quarter, and only seven people were thrown into the basket! In the first quarter, the Knicks took an 11-point advantage with a score of 32:21.
The 76ers didn't feel much excitement in the second quarter, and the Knicks were as strong as ever, slowly expanding the score gap between the two sides to 20+! In this quarter, the Knicks were still shooting from the perimeter, shooting 4-of-8, and the 76ers tried to score from the perimeter, but their form was poor, and they scored two three-pointers; They are weak on the inside, so they are pinning their hopes on offensive rebounding. Maxey was 3-of-6 and deducted nine points in the quarter, but no one of his teammates could make any more shots. The Knicks were equally efficient from the outside, scoring 37 points on just two three-pointers, 23 ahead of their opponents! Bogdanovic made 8 of 7 shots, 5-of-5 from 3-point range, and scored 19 points! In the first half, the Knicks led by a score of 69-46;
In this section, the situation changed dramatically, the Knicks' momentum weakened all of a sudden, and the 76ers took the opportunity to tie the score! In this quarter, the Knicks almost completely abandoned the perimeter defense, scored three three-pointers, and their three rebounds also scored 22 points alone! In this quarter, the 76ers can be described as full of firepower, 5 of 3 points, of which more than 60% of their shots are aimed at the basket, and their shooting is also very good, after a quarter, they scored 35 points! After three quarters of the game, the Knicks had a 10-point advantage of 91-81;
As the game came to a close, both sides started to attack, and after two minutes neither side scored, and finally Lowry helped Hield to throw a three-pointer to end the game. Burks hit 1-of-3 free throws to score the first point of the game for the Knicks; Oubre made a layup and the Knicks had to call a timeout after the game. The Knicks are still struggling with their own goals in this quarter, and they have to have someone step up! In fact, after the timeout, DiVincenzo hit five free throws in a row to stabilize the situation, and then Achiuwa made a layup to bring the score back to double digits again. The 76ers eventually won 110-96, while the Knicks ended a four-game losing streak.
Facts: Knicks: Bogdanovic scored 22 points, 3 rebounds, 2 rebounds; Brunson had 21 points, 12 rebounds and two rebounds; Hart had 18, 12 rebounds and three assists; Aqiuwa 18, 11, 11, 2 assists, 2 blocks; DiVincenzo 16, 3 rebounds, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks; 7 Burks, 7; Sims had 4, 10 and 2 assists; McBride had 4, 4, 2 rebounds;
76ers: Maxey 35-6 rebounds, 5 assists; Atley 14, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks; Hield had 14, six assists and two rebounds; Lowry had 11, 5, 5 assists, 4 blocks; Harris had 7, 4 rebounds, 3 and 4 blocks; 7 Penn 7; Martin 6 7 boards; Reed 2 5 plates.