On January 20, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued. There was a conversation between the eastern teams today between the strong and the weak. The Philadelphia 76ers, who are fifth in the East, are facing the Orlando Magic, who are at the bottom of the East. In this game, in terms of strength comparison, the gap is very obvious. The 76ers still have a good record despite the refusal of number two star Simmons to play, relying on the strong play of the star Embiid. Today's weak magic, whether the emperor can continue the strong performance, has received widespread attention.
In the first quarter, neither team attacked well, Bamba scored a basket, Embiid immediately returned to color, consecutively eating Bamba scored, and personally cut 9 points in a row to help the 76ers take the lead. Bamba returned with a three-pointer from the outside and Maxi scored two points on a throw. Cole Anthony dunked, Bamba continued to shoot three-pointers, and the Emperor counterattacked to complete the three-pointer, and the 76ers continued to lead. In the second half of the quarter, Embiid was unstoppable, and after an individual slash of 8 points in a row, he had already scored 20 points in a single quarter. The Magic's Wagner Jr. and Harris hit two consecutive three-pointers, and Anthony scored two points to finish the first quarter and the 76ers led 25-21.
In the second quarter, the Magic attacked the dud, the 76ers Harris scored 2 points under the basket, the 76ers scored consecutive points after that, and Kokmaz scored three-pointers, and they were already 10 points ahead. Okiki hit two consecutive three-pointers, and Bamba also shot a three-pointer, and the Magic trailed to just one point after 8-0. The two teams were stuck in a stalemate, Bamba made 1 of 2 free throws, Embiid returned with 2 points, Bamba scored three points again, and Curry Jr. scored on a mid-range jumper to stop the Magic. The game continued, with Bambari scoring another eight points, and Wagner Jr. also counter-attacking, with the Magic trailing just seven points. After that, Bamba hit another three-pointer, and at the end of the half, the Magic led the 76ers by 10 points at 57-47.
In the second half, Embiid continued to score, Harris and Curry Jr. teamed up to contribute 5 points, and the 76ers narrowed the score. Sargas and Anthony scored four straight points and the two teams continued to tug-of-war. Embiid continued to shoot in, With Maxi scoring two three-pointers in a row and the 76ers overtaking the score. In the second half of the quarter, Bamba hit a layup, Harris responded with a 2+1, Sargas shot a three-pointer, Embiid was unstoppable under the basket, scoring consecutive points, and the 76ers extended their lead. Embiid continued to hit a mid-range jumper, Okiki responded with a three-pointer, embiid scored four more consecutive free throws, and then he added two more points to give the 76ers a double-digit lead. Embiid scored three points again, and by the end of the third quarter, the 76ers were already 14 points ahead.
In the fourth quarter, Bamba scored 2 points under the basket, but the 76ers' offensive attack was unstoppable. Even though Embiid rested off the court, the 76ers were still getting more and more courageous, and they scored consecutive offensively, and the point difference gradually widened. After Drummond scored two points from the basket, the 76ers were already 20 points ahead. The Magic attacked the mute, Embiid came back to the free throw line, personally scored 50 points, and was soon replaced again. The point difference reached 27 points, and the game officially entered garbage time. After the two teams switched to the full bench, the Magic narrowed the point gap at one point, but the 76ers still accepted the victory of the game.
In the end, the 76ers beat the Magic 123-110 at home. On the 76ers side, Embiid had 50 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks, Tobias Harris 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, Curry 5 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Maxi 14 points, Niang 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Cockmatz 8 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Drummond 9 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, and Brown 3 points. On the Magic side, Bamba had 32 points, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks, Sargas 14 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Anthony 13 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Okiki 18 points and 3 rebounds, Wagner Jr. with 9 points and 11 rebounds, Gary Harris with 5 points and Wagner The Greater with 6 points.
In this game, Embiid only played 27 minutes, and he exploded 50 points and 12 rebounds, which showed his terrible power. According to data expert Justin Kubatko, Embiid became the second player in team history to cut at least 50 points and 10 rebounds multiple times after becoming Chamberlain (11 times). In last season's win over the Bulls, Embiid had 50 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks. Recently, there is news that the 76ers are interested in trading Harden, according to the current state of the emperor, if they really get Harden, this team is going to take off!