At the end of the first half, the 76ers led 59-50, and although the change from 2 to 9 points was not big and did not reach double digits, it was a huge blow to the Raptors. Maddie, in particular, had a hard time accepting that Bale had a very different performance before and after his appearance, but that was the case, and he had to admit that he had been limited by Bale.

It was undoubtedly a terrible experience, and Maddie rarely tasted it after joining the league, and many times it was he who lightly beat the players he was playing against. Of course, it's not that there are no players who have caused him problems on the defensive end, but Maddie can often adjust quickly and find his rhythm again, and there are very few players like Bale.

In desperation, Wilkens had no choice but to make Carter the team's main point of attack, while Maddie took on the responsibility of organizing the offense. However, there is still a certain gap between Carter and Maddy, their biggest difference is in shooting, Maddy's offensive range has been adjusted by Chang Wei, and it can be expanded beyond the three-point line, but Carter can only play with mid-range shooting, he is better at attacking the basket directly after breaking through, which allows the 76ers to calmly arrange a more targeted defense.

Lynch's defensive strength can't match Bale's, but he's barely one of the league's top wing defenders right now, and Brown only told him to slow down Carter's impact and give the final shot to Mutombo, who is guarding the basket. Lynch knew how many pounds and taels he had, and he happily accepted the request.

Soon the focus on the field became Mutombo. In fact, in the offensive team of the 76ers, Mutombo has not played a lot of roles, and now that his teammates have created opportunities for him, it is even more important to perform well. For a while, the 76ers' basket became a no-fly zone, and any player's layup was slapped out by Mutombo like a volleyball, and some of them were even directly converted into 76ers' fast-break layups to score, and Mutombo also brushed himself a few assists.

The difference between the two sides soon widened further, which made Wilkens jump to his feet in a hurry, and it stands to reason that he should be able to calm down, but he has been trying to convince himself in the first half that the Raptors have the ability to beat the 76ers, but what he didn't expect is that there is still such a huge gap between the two sides, so that the opponent opened up the difference in an instant.

Brown looked like he could sit firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, but he didn't dare to relax in the slightest, Maddy and Carter are both players who can turn the tide of the game in a short period of time, and he can only feel safe if he has a score difference of more than 20 points.

It's a pity that although the 76ers have the advantage, they can't lead the opponent by 20 points, and the Raptors twin stars have been forcibly renewing the team, and the point difference has always hovered around 12 or 13 points. Seeing that the team was slow to extend the lead further, Brown decided to get the opponent in one go, directly replacing Bell with Reed, trying to let his two outside heavyweights destroy the opponent's confidence with a storm of three-pointers, and if successful, the fourth quarter could turn into garbage time.

Maddie was a little surprised to see Bale suddenly replaced, he didn't know why the 76ers would remove Bale at this time, but he quickly became excited, as if the shackles on his body had been broken. However, just as he was ready to show his skills, Reed, who came off the bench, hit a three-pointer against his defense, and the margin came to 15 points.

Maddie shook his head, got the ball back and played a pick-and-roll with Antonio Davis before distributing the ball to Carter, who hit a mid-range jumper. But in the end, the 76ers hit another three-pointer, this time by the league's new three-point leader, Lewis, and no one could stop him when Davis and Oakley couldn't defend him.

Back and forth, the Raptors not only did not narrow the point difference, but were pulled away by the opponent by 1 point. Don't look at this 1 point as inconspicuous, but if you do it every time, you can expand to more than 20 points in a minute. In fact, the reason is very simple, compared to the 76ers' offensive and defensive balance, the Raptors' offense and defense are quite unbalanced, their performance on the offensive end is much better than on the defensive end, what they are best at is to destroy the opponent with offense, but when their offensive firepower is contained, there are not many ways to win the game, for example, now, they can't attack and can't defend.

Although the fourth quarter was not given garbage time by the 76ers, it was not much worse, and they took a huge 18-point advantage in the fourth quarter, and it was not until the final 4:31 of the game that Wilkens replaced all of his starting shots and conceded defeat. This is the 76ers' first home game in this series, and the win is very important and a great boost to the morale of the players, and Wilkens clearly sees the gap between the two teams.

However, the boss was not discouraged, and at the post-match press conference, he told reporters in no uncertain terms: "The victory or defeat of a game does not mean anything, this is just the beginning of the series, and we are still full of confidence in the next games." On the basketball court, you don't have to be strong to win, and I don't think we're underdogs, the boys are really good in the game, it's just a little bit of bad luck. ”

"The next game is still in Philadelphia, but we're not going to give up and we're going to give 12 percent for the game. Even if we end up losing this series, we have to give the opponent a little bit of color, no team can win and not lose, and the 76ers are the same, and I hope to be able to drag them into a tie-break and prove our quality. ”

Brown also said modestly: "The Raptors are a team with a bright future, and I can't say that I can win this series." Of course, I can now say with certainty that the future of the East belongs to them, and that Tracy and Vince both have the talent to be the top stars in the league, and in a way, they are now. ”

However, the Raptors' players are not so good-tempered, and Maddie said that he has a love affair with Chang Wei, and it is impossible to say some demonstrative words. Carter was different, he said menacingly in front of the camera: "It's just a small setback, the 76ers are not invincible, we will definitely beat them in the next game, you just wait and see, and I believe we still have a chance to win this series!" ”