Beijing time November 18, Beijing time November 18, NBA Nets sat at home to meet the Cavaliers, due to the recent period of the Nets to play the weak brigade is generally a steady win state, the suspense of this game is actually not big, the first quarter Kevin Durant 8 shots 5 shots bombed 13 points, he led the Nets to get a 6-point lead, the second quarter James Harden 5 shots 2 to win 11 points, in the Harden led by the Nets' lead became 21 points, the third quarter cavaliers full firepower, The Nets were in a state of cooling, and the Cavaliers narrowed the gap to eight points in the third quarter.
The point difference is only 8 points, the Cavaliers have the possibility of theoretically turning over, the Cavaliers scored 26 points on 9-of-20 shooting in the final quarter, the Nets scored 28 points on 10-of-21 shooting, similar offensive performance was to let the Nets win the game, and the final score was 109-99, the Nets won 10 points to improve the record to the second place in the East (the Bulls were reversed by the Blazers), in this game the Nets had 4 people score 20+, of which James Harden was a quasi-triple-double with 27 points + 10 rebounds + 7 assists. But relatively accurate triple-doubles, his free throw improvement is the most pleasing place for fans?
Because the NBA league changed the blow penalty rules, coupled with Harden's past foul-making ability is too strong, which led to the beginning of the season Harden extremely lack of whistles, he even bluntly said that he was targeted by the referee, from the start of the 21-22 season regular season to November 12, Beijing time, Harden played 12 games, a total of 56 free throw shots, hit 49 times, in this time period Harden's number of free throws ranked 20th in the league, the first is the alphabet brother's 12 games and 109 penalties, In those 12 games, Riha only had 4.67 free throw shots, down nearly 40% from last season and more than 60% from last season...
The plummeting free throws have made Harden's offense weak, and in those 12 games, he has scored a total of 218 points and averaged only 18 points per game, which is obviously not enough for historical scorers, especially in the absence of Kyrie Irving, and over time, Harden seems to have found a strategy to crack the new rules of blowing penalties, in the last 4 games, Harden has scored 15 free throws against the Pelicans, won 5 against the Thunder, won 11 against the Warriors, and won 12 against the Cavaliers. With a total of 43 free throw shots in the last four games, averaging 10.75 per game, the familiar Harden is back!
After November 12, Beijing time, Harden 43 free throws in 4 games, in this time period Harden's number of free throws ranked first in the league, the second place is the Bulls DeRozan 35 times, the third is Harden teammate Durant's 27 times, this season so far Harden a total of 99 free throw shots, which is 33 times less than the first place alphabet brother, if Harden can continue to perform in the last 4 games of free throws, he should soon be able to regain the position of league free throw king, I have to say, Harden is indeed one of the players with the highest players in the game, and when he enters his strongest offensive form, the moment of terror may soon come, right?