On the surface, the 76ers and the Raptors are both home alone, but in reality they are very different. The only really young players in the Raptors' starting lineup are Maddie and Carter, with Mark Jackson and Antonio Davis both veterans in their thirties, and Olajuwon in his mid-40s. As for the 76ers, since Brown replaced Mutombo as the starting center with Durham Porter, the oldest of the starting five is 26-year-old Iverson, which is enough to prove how young they are.

Wilkens doesn't want to lower the average age of his starting lineup, but he doesn't have enough reserves to replace his current starters, especially Olajuwon, a two-time Finals MVP-winning center who has aged to the point where he's struggling to defend small men with his movement speed. The only thing Wilkens can count on is his on-court leadership, and the Raptors have no other player to match him.

When the Raptors flew to Philadelphia, they saw a crowd of fanatical fans, and when they drove to the league's first center that afternoon, the rented bus was even a little struggling. Fans wearing 76ers jerseys poured out from nowhere, gradually converging into a mighty torrent. Although they didn't do anything like attacking the away team's bus, the frenzied look on their faces made everyone on the Raptors team feel terrified from the bottom of their hearts.

Even the results aside, this is definitely not an easy away game to conquer!

However, the fans did not seem to intend to let the visiting players from afar experience the decibel boo, and they were full of unwarranted confidence in the team they were supporting, and the game was more like a big festival for them. When the players on both sides played, Maddy's boos did not change compared to usual, and when the 76ers players came out, the whole arena seemed to be completely boiling, and everyone shouted hoarsely to express their love and support for the home team.

Encouraged by the fans in the stadium, the 76ers quickly got into the groove, and they gave the Raptors a dismissal at the beginning of the game. Iverson's continuous breakaways helped the home team get off to a perfect start of 11-2, dropping the Raptors' shooting percentage to less than 30 percent. Snow and Bale played a big part in this, and Maddie and Carter scored just 2 points on 1-of-5 shooting with their full interference, which is clearly not their normal level, and that's exactly what Brown wants to see.

But this situation will not last long, and Olajuwon took advantage of his physical strength to decisively ask Jackson for the ball in the elbow area. After getting the ball, Durham Potter was the first to come up, in his eyes Olajuwon is already an outdated star, although he still maintains his usual caution, there is still some contempt.

Unexpectedly, Olajuwon did not fight him hard at all, but used his famous stunt dream dance steps, and after continuous feints and turns, he came to the basket and scored the ball easily. Potter thumped his head in frustration, saying that many times underestimating veterans can quickly learn a lesson, especially a historic star like Olajuwon.

So the next time Olajuwon got the ball, Durham Porter took a more cautious approach. He knows very well that his advantage lies in strength and movement speed, although Olajuwon was fast when he was young, but now he is almost forty years old after all, and there is nothing good to do with the young man's legs and feet, and the traces left by the years on him must not be ignored, in fact, he knows it himself, so he did not choose to fight directly with Durham Porter under the basket.

At this time, Chang Wei played a crucial role in Durham Porter's defensive training, and although he still couldn't see through Olajuwon's feints, at least he could quickly get back into the right position after discovering that he was out of position, which made Olajuwon feel very uncomfortable. When Bowler completely put away his dismiss, Olajuwon was much less of a threat under the basket than before, and he had to draw the ball to the perimeter in the hope that his teammates could convert it into assists.

Mark Jackson is clearly not up to the task, he is annoyed by Iverson's harassment, and he is capable of receiving the ball. And he's shooting just 33.2 percent from three-point range in his career, and as he's aged, he's a negligible threat from beyond the three-point line. So the only two people who were used as passing points by Olajuwon, Carter and Maddy.

In contrast, Maddy's three-point shot is more trustworthy, which is also due to the training that Chang Wei trained him at Villanova University, and he also used the pull-up jumper as his most powerful weapon in his previous life. Seeing that Olajuwon was so pressured that he had to choose to pass the ball, Maddie felt that he should take responsibility for helping the team cut points, so he completely ignored Bell, who was waiting in front of him, and after receiving the pass, he made a slight adjustment to make a sudden pull-up jumper, and the basketball went into the basket.

Most of the top scorers, even if they feel cold at the beginning of the game, as soon as they score the first goal, it will be like suddenly flipping the switch, and the goals will follow. Maddy is exactly like this, when he hit a three-pointer in the face of Bell's strict defense, the whole person immediately became active, scoring 8 points in a row to help the Raptors chase the difference to only 4 points.

Watching Maddie kill on the field, Chang Wei only felt relieved and emotional. He has never been bothered by the development of such a strong opponent for the team, in fact, with his memories of his past life and the help of the system, he has continuously created new superstars for the team. The better Maddie's performance and stronger his strength, the more he can prove his vision and strength, as a reborn, Chang Wei has always been indifferent to this kind of thing, so he also applauded Maddie lightly on the sidelines.

Neither side made a big change to their starting lineup in the first quarter, with Wilkens having to put Maddy and Carter on the court because he wanted to chase points, and Brown praised Snow and Bell's defense in the hope that they could continue to limit the Raptors' twin stars. The only players who were substituted midway through the first quarter were the Raptors' two veterans, Mark Jackson and Olajuwon, whose stamina could no longer sustain them for the full 12 minutes, and Wilkens had to replace them with bench players.

At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers easily led 35-27, and most importantly, they limited Carter's play, and if it wasn't for Maddy's sudden touch, the Raptors might have lost more in those 12 minutes.