Philadelphia beats Miami to advance to PO
Philadelphia beat Miami to advance to the playoffs.
The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Miami Heat 105-104 in the 2024 SoFi NBA Eastern Conference Play-In Tournament No. 7 seed game at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on April 17, 2024.
Philadelphia, ranked seventh in the regular 토토사이트 season, beat Miami, ranked eighth, after much effort.
Philadelphia’s first-round playoff opponent is No. 2 seed New York.
Miami will play a single match against the winner of the Chicago-Atlanta match and the eighth seed.
Philadelphia’s 35-year-old veteran six-man Nicola Batum (20 points and five rebounds) saved the team in crisis with a flurry of offense and defense.
Ace Joel Embiid (23 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists), who struggled throughout the game, survived the game.
For Miami, Tyler Hiro (25 points) and Jimmy Butler (19 points) scored multiple points, but it was painful that both players, the core of the attack, suffered from a difficult fielding.
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Philadelphia got off to a good start.
Taking advantage of Miami’s unsolved attack, Embiid’s free throw score and Kyle Lowry and Maxi’s three-point shots pushed the opponent.
However, Miami has been chasing since the middle of the quarter based on its strong defense.
Philadelphia, which eventually gave up the lead, finished the first quarter 22-23.
The score gap widened in the second quarter.
Philadelphia did not use Miami’s organized defense, and Miami widened the score gap to double digits due to the performance of its bench units.
Philadelphia, which struggled by allowing Delon Wright, Tyler Hiro and Caleb Martin one after another, finished the first half 39-51.
Philadelphia upset success
Even at the beginning of the third quarter, the pattern did not change much.
Embiid, whose movement was slow, was not as influential as the regular season in both offense and defense.
It was the input of bench units that changed the mood.
Batum started with a three-point shot, and Buddy Hield also added strength with a fastball score and an outer shot.
Philadelphia followed Batum to the chin with a good shot, but Miami also responded with a three-point shot and did not back down easily.
Philadelphia, which continued to have problems with Embiid’s defense, ended the third quarter trailing 69-74.
Philadelphia, which continued to knock at the door at the beginning of the fourth quarter, succeeded in reversing.
Following Embiid’s tying 3-point shot, Batum continued his shooting power and turned the tide.
But Miami was also calm.
Hakez took the lead again after Hiro’s three-point shot put out the urgent fire.
Miami improved its accuracy at a critical time when Hiro, who suffered from a fielding struggle throughout the game, was in trouble.
In Philadelphia, which was continuing its thin ice match, ace Embiid woke up to the match.
Following a three-point shot in the reverse, he made a good trend by getting an AND-one play inside.
Philadelphia, which was doggedly chased by Miami, did not give up its advantage by scoring under the basket until Ubre.
Since then, Philadelphia, which has been on defense, has come close to winning as Batum blocked Hiro’s 3-point shot with a block shot.
Miami also did not give up easily, but Philadelphia succeeded in making free throws from fouls to solidify its victory.