On February 28, Beijing time, the 76ers challenged the Knicks away, this is the second game after Harden joined the team, his and Embiid's combination once again showed the power of terror, the whole game Harden cut a super triple-double of 29 points, 10 rebounds and 16 assists, and sent 5 steals, Embiid contributed 37 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks, the continuous power of the double core in the fourth quarter made the Knicks unstoppable, and after adding Harden to activate Maxi, the youngster scored 21 points again. In the end, with the threat of the new version of the Big Three, the 76ers defeated the Knicks by 16 points, and while winning three consecutive wins, they came to the third place in the standings, and this season's championship battle seems to be really full of hope.
But while the media and fans lamented the horror power of Harden and Embiid's combination, there were also many voices of doubt, and the time of this game was once again more than 3 hours, almost half of the time was spent in the free throws, making many fans who stayed up late to watch the ball sleepy. Harden and Embiid once again showed unparalleled explosiveness, Harden made 10 of 10 of 10 free throws, and Embiid made 23 of 27 more terrible free throws, and the number of free throws and hits set a new career high.
His 27 free throws in a single game are the league's highest this season, Embiid has created league history by being able to create 0.35 free throws per minute this season, and he has become the player who has not scored more than 7 in a single game since Harden, and still scored at least 35 points. What's even more terrifying is that Harden and Embiid have won a total of 59 free throws in two games, more than the total number of free throws in the last two games of the league's 21 other teams.
This season, the league has actually changed the size of the penalty, the previous foul tactics have almost failed this season, which has also led to the first half of the season, Harden, Trae Young, Doncic and other foul masters seem to be very uncomfortable, but most of the season has passed, the top players in these leagues have gradually adapted to the new penalty scale, they can start to get a lot of free throw opportunities, because these players are the strongest in the league, their lethality is huge, they can create more fouls, When they were forced by the new rules to change their previous opportunistic habits, the threat on the offensive end alone was enough for them to play. Doncic and Trae Young have long since begun to play amazing statistics, and only Harden during the Nets era is still struggling.
But when Harden came to the 76ers, the former superstar finally recovered, because he was finally able to play the best blocking and dismantling cooperation, and the interior partner Embiid was a full-fledged superstar that Harden had never had, if the direct connection between the two in the first game was not much, then the power of this game was really displayed. Embiid's medium and long distance is excellent, the inside of the strong attack technology is not weak, and his speed and impact is the leader in the league center today, when Embiid and Harden block the demolition, because Embiid can choose the external projection, you can also choose to go down the attack frame, even after the first block failure he can also play in the low position to single, and Harden's withdrawal three points also found the crosshair, let the defenders really lose one or the other, the Knicks' main force and substitute center in this game have been sent off is the best proof.
Although the number of free throws depends to some extent on the referee's decision scale, and many people think that in the playoffs that are more encouraging confrontation, the 76ers game will become more difficult, but the NBA game is still fair, when Harden and Embiid's fouls are not deliberately created, but a direct embodiment of the real horror of strength, then the free throws can also win the championship!