Today, the NBA regular season continues with the Philadelphia 76ers playing at home against the Boston Celtics.
After a wave of big deals on the mid-season trade deadline, the 76ers finally sent Ben Simmons away and got the coveted Harden. However, Harden is not able to play for the time being, because his hamstring injury has not yet recovered, and he will not play until after All-Star Weekend.
However, Harden has begun to fully integrate into the 76ers, he participated in the 76ers team training, and today he went to the home to watch the 76ers game. Before the game, Harden rang the bell in front of him, which was a special ceremony for the 76ers. The bell, called the Liberty Bell, has a special symbolic significance in Philadelphia, just after Butler was traded to the 76ers to ring the bell at home.
However, Harden completed the ringing of the bell and failed to bring good luck to the 76ers. Throughout the game, the 76ers played a lost soul, and the first half of the game was pulled apart by the opponent. Throughout the game, the 76ers lost 87-135 to the Celtics, and Embiid only made nine shots to get 19 points and nine rebounds, and then went off after losing suspense in the game.
The 76ers had only Maxi scored in double figures in this game except Embiid, but scored 11 points. The entire 76ers were listless after missing Seth Curry and Drummond and looked like they needed Harden's support.
Watching the game off the court, Harden's expression gradually became embarrassed, because he came to this team to shout out the goal of winning the championship. In Harden's view, the Brooklyn Nets' Durant is still in injury time, while Irving can only play away games, and this team has no future.
However, now that the 76ers are playing so badly, I don't know what Harden will think.