The NBA regular season continues, with the East and West facing a strong and weak dialogue, with Philadelphia sitting at home against the Thunder.
Philadelphia was fifth in the East before the game, 1.5 wins away from fourth-place Bucks, and before the trade deadline, the team finally completed the trade, ending the farce with Ben Simmons while getting Harden as desired.
On the other hand, the Thunder are still in a state of flux this season, ranking second from the bottom in the West before the game began.
Due to injuries and just traded reasons, Harden will not play in this game, according to the follow-up 76ers accompanying reporter Newbeck revealed.
Harden will fly from Houston to Philadelphia this Sunday (harden has left Brooklyn for Houston to await a deal), and with pre-game checks, Harden's debut is set for the 76ers against the Greens on Feb. 16.
Although Harden did not appear, Philadelphia still played a video welcoming Harden when the game was suspended, and harden's No. 1 jersey was already on the shelves, and a large number of 76ers fans wearing No. 1 jerseys could be seen at the scene.
Although Harden can't play, Philadelphia is still an absolutely dominant side, but in the first quarter, it is the weak team Thunder that is the main guest, and the 76ers have been chasing points.
The Thunder led almost an entire quarter in the first quarter, but with an explosion from inside and outside, Philadelphia trailed the deficit to 24 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Thunder once again got the advantage and remained in the lead until the last minute of the first half, when Philadelphia suddenly exerted its strength, not only to equalize the score in one breath, but also to enter the halftime with a five-point lead.
Yi Bian fought again, the Thunder and Philadelphia were still in a fight, and the score was also very sticky.
But the third quarter took the same shape as the first two quarters, with the Thunder deadlocking for most of the quarter and collapsing at the end of the quarter, with Philadelphia blossoming inside and outside at the end of the quarter, stretching the point difference to as much as 16 points in one go.
Entering the final quarter of the competition, just when everyone thought that the game lost suspense, the young Thunder team was still insisting, playing a wave of counterattacks in succession, once narrowing the point difference to only 6 points, fortunately, Philadelphia had an absolute advantage in the lineup, and then quickly hit back, and finally beat the Thunder 100-87.
Throughout the game, the young Thunder team played toughness and vitality, and once occupied the advantage of the scene.
But it also exposed the problem of the team's lack of strong scoring points, only 4 people scored in double figures, Dort 15 points and 4 rebounds, Favors 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks, Beziley 14 points and 15 rebounds, and Pokushevsky 15 points and 6 rebounds.
Gidy, who is regarded as one of the core of the future, only scored 9 points, although he handed over 7 rebounds and 5 assists, but with ben Simmons, Gidy wants to become the core of the Thunder in the future, and must improve his scoring ability.
In philadelphia, the two core Embiid and Maxi successfully brightened their muscles, cutting 49 points, 24 rebounds and 6 assists on the whole occasion.
Embiid had 25 points, 19 rebounds and 4 assists, And Maxi had 24 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, in addition, a group of substitute players were full of firepower, and the defensive ability of the whole team was remarkable.
Therefore, it is not difficult to see from the data that Philadelphia needs Harden as a tandem, and Maxi and Sable on the Philadelphia guard line will also provide a strong defense to fill Harden's shortcomings on the defensive end.
And Philadelphia didn't actually send away much of the immediate power in the trade, because Ben Simmons hadn't played for the team since the start of the game.
Even so, Philadelphia finished the game with a record of 33 wins and 22 losses, just one win away from the fourth-place Bucks in the East.
With the integration of Harden into the system in the future, it is believed that Philadelphia will become another reasonable championship giant in the East, which will also make the already fierce competition in the East more chaotic.