The Philadelphia 76ers (hereafter referred to as Philadelphia) won with the performance of James Harden, who showed perfect performance.
Philadelphia defeated Boston by 119-115 and 4 points in the first leg of the 2nd round of the Eastern Conference playoffs of the 2022-23 NBA (American Professional Basketball) season held at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on the morning of the 2nd (Korean time).
In Philadelphia, who won the game that day, Harden broke his playoff career high score with 45 points, including 7 3-pointers, and added 6 assists and 2 steals. In addition, Harden ranked third in the number of three-point successes in the playoffs. Following Harden, Tyrese Maxie scored 24 points, 2 assists and 4 steals, George Niang scored 17 points, including 5 3-pointers, and Tobias Harris scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
Boston, who lost, had Jayson Tatum with 39 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, including 4 3-point shots, Jaylen Brown with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, including 3 3-point shots, and Malcolm Brogdon with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Marcus Smart recorded 12 points and 7 assists, but committed 6 turnovers.
Harden and Tatum's great showdowns unfolded throughout the game, and both teams' shooting skills were on fire.
Boston, with its strong bench resources, took a lead in the first quarter. Philadelphia, who had been holding the lead until just before Brokdon's input, allowed an 11-0 score run and allowed a comeback. Harden's struggle continued, but the paint zone collapsed rapidly as Paul Reed entered the bench. Boston, who scored 10 points in 5 minutes after Brokdon was put in, finished the first quarter with a 38-31, 7-point lead.
Boston, who saw signs of chasing in the bench lineup led by Tyrese Maxie, was able to 무료스포츠중계 maintain the score gap with 10 points, including Tatum's consecutive 3-pointers. While Tatum's field goal was still burning, Harden also joined the scoring procession. After the two players exchanged attacks several times, Philadelphia, who opened the scoring to D. Anthony Melton, finished the first half with a 63-66, 3-point lead.
Even in the third quarter, Tatum's basketball ability did not drop, but Harden continued the seesaw game by showing his skills to match. And even the second confrontation between Maxie and Brogdon continued into the Middle Ages, and the two teams entered the fourth quarter with an 87-87 tie.
Boston took the lead early in the fourth quarter, with a pull-up 3-pointer to Brown, but soon turned it around with Harden's free throw, stepback jumper, defensive rebound, fast break through, and stepback 3-pointer. Then, along with Smart, who had been quiet throughout the game, Brokdon and Brown attempted to here break through in turn. Philadelphia also balanced with the appearance of Harris.
After overcoming the double team, Tatum passed the pass to Horford, leading to Smart's breakthrough score. And Horford endured a mismatch with Maxie and gave him a block. In addition, Smart showed off the hustle of winning offensive rebounds. Boston immediately allowed an andone to Maxie, but Horford put up a layup after getting an offensive rebound.
One minute before the end of the game, Reed entered the roll after the screen with perfect timing and scored all the free throws, chasing the score by 1 point. In addition, Maxie cut Brogdon's pass and finished with a fast-breaking layup. When Tatum induced a free throw score with a clever play using a team foul, Harden fired a stepback 3-pointer in front of Horford.
After Smart made a crucial mistake, Philadelphia won Boston by four points, 119-115.