On February 26, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Philadelphia against the Timberwolves, the first quarter of the game Philadelphia played 15-0, Harden debuted 5 points, Philadelphia team 16 free throws, leading by 9 points. In the second quarter, Harden led the team to open up the point difference, with 17 points and five assists in the halftime, and Philadelphia made 26 free throws, leading by 16 points.
In this game, Harden's debut partner Embiid appeared, and the Timberwolves led 6-1 at the beginning, but soon fell into a scoring drought. Embiid scored consecutive free throws, Harden also scored 2+1, and Philadelphia went on a 15-0 offensive run. Towns led the team to chase points, Embiid scored 10 points in the first quarter, he made 7 of 8 free throws, Philadelphia overall free throws were 16, timber wolves were 5, the gap between the two teams' free throws was obvious, and Philadelphia led by 9 points 34-25 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Edwards scored two points, Harden hit a three-pointer, which was his first three-pointer at Philadelphia, followed by Harris' three-pointer, and Philadelphia opened up the point difference. McLaughlin hit a three-pointer, Prince converted a score to score, and the Timberwolves hit a counter-attack to chase five points. After the timeout, Harden was fouled after two free throws, Reid scored a layup, Embiid re-fouled two free throws, Harden assisted Maxi to score, and the Timberwolves timed again.
After the timeout, Maxi scored on a layup, Towns inside the line, Harden scored again, Russell hit a three-pointer, and Beverly and Edwards chased the points in a row, and the point difference returned to six points. Maxi quickly counter-attacked and snatched a layup, Embiid was whistled fouls in a row, 3 individual fouls, Russell scored 2+1 to chase points, Philadelphia made another mistake, Russell hit both free throws, a 3-point difference. Harden returned to Changsa and had a hard time giving, assisting Embiid to score a foul, adding a penalty and not scoring, personally 11th free throw.
Beverley was fouled again, the Timberwolves challenged, but the challenge failed, Beverly was also very dissatisfied, Sebel hit both free throws, and Philadelphia reached 23 free throws. The Timberwolves did not advance, Harden counterattacked to recreate the foul, Towns was also very helpless, Harden hit both free throws. The Timberwolves couldn't score offensively, and Harden assisted on a Sable dunk, an 11-point drop. Philadelphia defended three seconds Russell hit a free throw, Harden single-point shot also caused a foul, playing 3+1, Sebel scored two points, Philadelphia led 16 points 65-49 at halftime, Harden had 17 points and five assists on 4-of-6 shooting, and Philadelphia made 26 free throws.