On March 8, Beijing time, Harden once again proved his worth, in today's strong dialogue with the Bulls, bearded returned from a truce, the team's offense and organization have been significantly improved, and in the end, the 76ers won 121-106 against the Bulls. In harden's 5 games, the team has won five consecutive games, and when Harden rested, the 76ers were tragically beaten by the Heat, which was a stark contrast, and Maxi's career record of 4 consecutive 20+ points in Harden's truce was also ended.
After Harden's return, its role can be summarized as follows: first, to promote the team; second, to promote teammates. In terms of improving the team, after Harden returned, the team's offense was orderly, the ball was also very reasonable, in the middle and late part of the third quarter of the game, after Harden went off, the 76ers' offense had some chaos, and when Harden returned to the court again, the team's offense improved; at the critical moment of the fourth quarter, under Harden's tandem, the 76ers played a wave of flow, directly helping the team harvest the game.
In terms of improving teammates, the last Harden truce, Embiid double fists against four hands, in the face of the Heat's strong defensive ability, Embiid contributed 22 points and 15 rebounds of the data, but only 4 of 15 shots in the whole game, shooting 26.7%; this game against the bulls who are also defensively strong, Harden returned, successfully attracted the attention of defense for Embiid, the latter also lived up to expectations, cut 43 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists, this game, Embiid 27 of 15, the shooting rate increased to 55.6%; after Harden's return, The performances of several other teammates immediately took on a new look.
Niang's offensive technique is relatively single, more often can only score through shooting, this game, Harden successfully attracted the attention of defenders for him, Niang 7 out of 7 outside the three-point line, 14 points, and 3 rebounds and 2 assists; similarly, Sebel is not a scoring player, and Niang, under the strong containment of Harden, Sebel is 4 of 5 in this game, with 12 points in the final quarter, Harden assisted Sable to complete the dunk to directly kill the game. If that's not enough to prove Harden's worth, let's analyze it from another angle.
After Harden left, the performance of 33-year-old Nets guard Mills plummeted and was completely beaten back to its original form. In the last 12 games, Mills has scored in double figures in only 2 games, and only 3 have hit 50% of the shooting, four of which have scored 1, 1, 3 and 3 points. You know, Mills has averaged 12.6 points per game this season, which is even a career record. So why did Mills' performance slip so fast? The reason is simple, and it has to do with Harden's departure.
Harden's offensive ability is very strong, the passing ability is more prominent, and when he reaches the inside line, Mills gets enough empty shots, which makes his score rise. After Harden left, the Nets had no one to replace him, so Mills' scoring and efficiency naturally declined. Durant and Irving are scorers, but their passing ability is not as good as Harden's, in addition, Irving's personal ability is not as strong as Harden's, can not attract more defenders to pack, plus Durant and Irving are not as selfless as Harden, so Mills is difficult to get better shots, so Mills's performance is much sluggish.
Harden's overall strength is very strong, after losing Harden, Durant and Irving double star combination, the Nets still suffered 4 consecutive losses. It turns out that Harden joining the 76ers is the right choice, Embiid has offensive and defensive, more eager to win the championship, Rivers knows how to use people, not as rigid as Nash, only to use superstars, Harden came to Philadelphia and saw the dawn of the championship.