On February 2, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Nets played against the Suns. In the final moments of the first half, Paul raced against time and hit a whistle-throwing shot. Facing his former partner, Paul handed over a 9-point, 10-assist, and 0-turnover statistic in the half, which was quite outstanding. It is worth mentioning that because of the elbow to Paul, he also suffered a first-degree malicious foul.
Paul and Harden are known to have had an unpleasant collaboration experience with the Rockets. Although when the two joined forces, they became the first team of the whole league, but in the end they broke up.
The light bulb combination can be said to have been defeated by the Warriors, unable to cross the Mountain of the Warriors, and the relationship between the two has also cracked, and in the end, the Rockets exchanged Paul for Wei Shao.
The heart is that the double MVP combination only worked together for one season before disintegrating, not only that, Harden also left the Rockets. After Paul was traded, he staged the myth of immortality and led the Suns to the finals last season.
Harden's first trip to the Finals has still not arrived, and now the two are reunited, things are not human, and each other's situation is completely different. Paul has led the Suns to 10 consecutive wins, topping the league. Harden's Nets continued to suffer injuries and fell to sixth in the East.
In the second quarter, Harden and Paul also had a head-to-head showdown. At that time, Harden broke through with the ball, Paul defended closely, Harden broke through and raised his elbow to hit Paul's chin, and the referee reviewed the video and blew Harden a first-level malicious foul. Interestingly, when the referee reviewed the video, Paul was still chatting with the Nets bench, talking and laughing.