Miami Heat (99) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (82) – Results

The Miami Heat are in their best moment of the season, and that moment coincides right with the race to finish this regular round in first place in the Eastern Conference. With a convincing victory and a relentless defense over the Philadelphia 76ers, they showed that they are one of the best teams in the league and, leaving the Sixers exposed, who fell without arguments 99-82.

Miami manages to get more and more advantage over its rivals in the East. And today they had played the first of 7 games that they will play consecutively at home.

Those 7 home games can leave the Heat with an outstanding lead over their closest rivals. Although, indeed, victory cannot be claimed, since they are professional teams and anyone can win. But the truth is that in those 7 games they will have rivals like Rockets, Pistons, or Thunder. Teams that have not played well this season.

First Quarters

The game started with Miami Heat playing a game bordering on perfection. Their offense was very remarkable and commanded by their star Jimmy Butler, while they had a spectacular defensive approach that decimated the chances of scoring points in the Sixers who only managed to score 14 points in this first quarter.

The part of the first quarter was 22-14, favorable to the Heat, with Jimmy Butler scoring 10 points, while the 76ers had Joel Embiid who scored 6 points.

In the second quarter, the Sixers managed to react by scoring 26 points thanks to Tobias Harris and Tyrese Maxey, who scored 9 and 7 points respectively. While the Heat’s defense continued to contain the Sixers’ attacks excellently, Philadelphia’s team play was able to work well.

Despite this, the Heat managed to continue displaying a spectacular offensive game and, this time with Tyler Herro as a figure, they managed to go into the break with a 54-40 lead.

Last Quarters

The Miami Heat continued their relentless offense in this third quarter and even had a 20-point lead in this quarter. But, due to the 7 turnovers they had in this quarter, they allowed the Sixers to get back into the game and, they entered the last quarter with a lead of only 5 points.

They were only five points ahead going into the final 12 minutes, but their defense was the key down the stretch to their 11th win in the last 13 games.

The Sixers finished with 82 points in the game on just 34% of their shots. They made a horrendous 7 of 41 from the three-point shot.