Earlier today, the Brooklyn Nets sat at home to face the Los Angeles Lakers, which was the second game between the Lakers and the Nets this season, the first time they met, Harden led the team to take a victory from Los Angeles. In this game, the thick eyebrow brother ushered in a comeback, and durant and Irving two giants can not play, Harden single core led the team to meet the Lakers big three. In the end, the Lakers won the Nets 106-96 and won the road.
Harden played 38 minutes, shooting 11 of 24 from the field, 2 of 7 from three-point range, 9 of 9 from the free throw line, and contributed 33 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. At the same time, his career regular season total score exceeded the 23,000 mark, ranking 32nd in history, just 140 points away from the previous Elgin Baylor.
Harden played very well in this game, but the other players on the team could not provide too much help to Harden, and harden often belonged to the state of being sandwiched between the two on the offensive end of the whole game, but his help for his teammates was too little. Even the commentary said: "But if Harden has a more suitable helper or a more powerful helper, this game will be more anxious and good." ”
In an interview after the game, Harden talked about the news that he had recently been caught up in trading rumors, Harden said: "I don't know what the report is. Everyone on our team is frustrated because we have the ability to get better results than the current record. If you haven't heard me say those things myself, it's just some reports. I'm frustrated because I want to win, I'm a competitor and things are simple. ”
Although Harden's answer to these rumors is untrue, it can indeed see Harden's frustration, after all, Harden chose to join the Nets to compete for the championship. And now the Nets have suffered too many unexpected factors, Irving can not play in the home game, Durant can not play injury, all indications are that the Nets are currently on the decline.
Since Harden joined the team, the Big Three have played less than 20 games in the same game, almost all of which have been led by Harden for a season and a half, and his average playing time is second in the league, while the team's record has always been unsatisfactory. If the Nets really can't win the championship in the end, then Harden's choice to leave in the offseason may also be a possibility.
Former NBA players Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade talked about Harden's questions during a guest appearance on the TNT show, O'Neal said: "Obviously he is not happy because this team was formed to win the championship, and now only Harden is on the right track. Wade also expressed his opinion: "For Harden to win the championship is urgent, he wants to test the waters of the free market is his own right." We know Harden has been giving to the team, KD played MVP before the injury, Harden also played high level, which allowed them to get close to 30 wins. ”
It is true that Harden is in a really awkward situation now, he came to the Nets to win the championship, but now it seems that in addition to Durant and Irving, the other players on the team can not give Harden much help, Mills and Ader can help Harden far less than Irving and Durant.
In the face of weak brigades, perhaps Harden's single-core team can still fight, but in the face of a team with deep roots like the Lakers, once Harden is wrapped up, the disadvantages of the Ability of other players of the Nets to handle the ball are infinitely magnified, so this is also a problem that the Nets urgently need to deal with at the moment.