May 12, 2023 (Jack87 News) – Today is Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers. The visiting team prevailed at the end after beating the host team with a final score of 95-86 and forcing to have a game seven. BK8 Tatum, the core player of the Celtics, despite not having a goal in the first half of the game, proved that you can count on him when the team needed him most. He scored 3 three pointers in the latter part of the fourth quarter, upsetting the whole crowd and tying the series to 3-3.
Four-quarter score (Celtics first): 29-22, 21-21, 21-30, 24-13.
Celtics Player Stats: Tatum 19 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Horford 2 points and 11 rebounds, Lowe 10 points and 9 rebounds, Brown 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Smart 22 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Brogdon 16 points and 6 rebounds, and White 9 points.
76ers Player Stats: Embiid 26 points and 10 rebounds, Maxey 26 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Harden 13 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, Tucker 8 points, Niang 6 points, House 3 points.
In today’s do-or-die situation of the Celtics, Smart started with two three-pointers, comboed with Brown’s easy basket for them to lead by 10 points. Bet99 Embiid answered with a dunk using both hands with Maxey’s 3 points. Philadelphia now slammed 7-0 spurt to narrow the point difference to 3 points. But then, substitute Brogdon scored a couple of three-pointers, with a total of 11 points on 4 of 4 shots in a single quarter and became the biggest surprise player of the Celtics. In the first quarter, the Celtics led by 7 points 29-22.
In the second quarter, Harden finally wakes up and hit some shots, but White and Brown hit three-pointers successively. When Harden scored 3 of 10 in two quarters and only scored 6 points, Maxey contributed 15 points. After he hit a three-pointer from a long shot, the 76ers chased the score to 43-50 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Embiid did not gain the upper hand in the fight against Lowe, and he made a mistake after receiving the second offense. Horford broke through for a layup to end his personal scoring drought, and Tatum finally hit his first goal. Harden and Embiid started the superstar singles mode, and led the team to play a wave of 12-4 attacks to narrow the point difference to 2 points. Brogdon and Tatum made consecutive mistakes. The 76ers successfully overtook the score with another 9-3 spurt. After three quarters, the 76ers led by 2 points 73-71.
In the start of last quarter, the two teams took the lead alternately. 22Bet Brogdon made his fourth three-pointer, Harden sent the ninth assist, and the two teams tied for 79. Tatum then made two consecutive three-pointers. In 4 minutes, the 76ers only relied on Maxey’s free throw to get 1 point, when the Celtics led by 5 points 89-84. The Celtics succeeded in a ball challenge, and Tatum scored another 3 points in a counterattack. As Tatum scored another 3 points with 37.6 seconds left, he scored 16 points in the final quarter to seal the victory. In the end, the Boston Celtics defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 95-86 and tied the series to 3-3.
