At the NBA trade deadline this season, a deal that is regarded as affecting the league's championship pattern was born, the Nets sent Harden, one of the big three, to Philadelphia, Harden also formed a dual-core system with the emperor Embiid, which also made the 76ers one of the most optimistic championship favorite teams this season, after a long wait, Philadelphia fans finally waited for Harden's debut, after the NBA All-Star Game, the 76ers challenged the Timberwolves away, Harden played for the team for the first time, Just showed his value, his iconic three-pointer greatly enhanced the team's outside offensive firepower, and also used the pass to revitalize the team's overall offense in the game, and the emperor Embiid also proved the dominance of the first center in the East, under the leadership of the two of them, the 76ers led the opponent by as many as 35 points at most, the game also lost suspense early, and finally the 76ers won 135-102 against the Timberwolves in Harden's debut, achieving a wave of two consecutive wins. Continue to be in third place in the Eastern Standings!
The Timberwolves, which have many young potential stocks, have also made great progress this season, but in terms of the personal ability of the stars, they still have a certain gap with Harden and Embiid, this battle leader Edwards is not in good shape, only 1 goal was hit in 6 shots outside the three-point line, only 15 points were scored, although Towns and Russell performed well and jointly scored 46 points, but in addition to the big three, the Timberwolves only scored double-doubles with McDaniels, which is why they suffered a big rout.
In this game, Harden is undoubtedly the biggest focus, before playing for the Nets, Harden was obviously unhappy, and too many personal mistakes have always made him criticized, but after coming to Philadelphia to join forces with Embiid, Harden obviously found the joy of basketball again, this campaign in his debut, Harden gave the team a huge help on the offensive end, appeared 35.1 minutes, 12 shots hit 7 goals, including 7 of 7 three-pointers, one person soared 27 points, With 8 rebounds and 12 assists, and without a good chemistry with his teammates, Beard only made 2 turnovers, and it was really all the trouble that went with the wind.
Under Harden's tandem organization, the 76ers scored in double figures for four people in this game, of which Embiid and Maxi both scored more than 20, as the emperor of the first center in the East, after Harden shared the defensive pressure for himself, the offensive end was even more successful, cutting 34 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists on 10-of-18 shooting, and Maxi, who was once regarded as the new West Emperor, also scored 28 points in this battle.
And Harden in the Nets during the team, the team is not at all different from defense, today's 76ers do not lack defensive sharp knives, this game Maxi and Sable two let Harden feel the wonderful experience of having a defensive tough guy around them, the whole game they contributed a total of 7 steals, directly made the team's overall defensive quality improve a notch, I believe that with the deepening of the season, the 76ers can play a more dominant performance after producing a good chemical reaction, look forward to them to be able to win the championship as they wish!