On February 26, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and Harden ushered in the debut of his Philadelphia career in the game against the Timberwolves in Philadelphia. Harden and Embiid led Philadelphia to a 31-point win over the Timberwolves in this game, scoring 133 points in the game, which also proved their excellence on the offensive end!
It can be said that with Harden on the court, the offensive space of the whole Philadelphia is more obvious, almost everyone has better shooting space, and everyone in Philadelphia has played with ease! Harden sent 12 assists in this game, which has been very much, but in fact, Harden's assist data should be better, and many of his balls have caught the new teammates a little off guard, and finally did not form an assist! Harden's pass is very hidden, the pass timing is also very good, Philadelphia teammates sometimes really can't think of the ball can pass, or it takes a while to form a tacit understanding!
When the game entered the third quarter with more than 8 minutes and 40 seconds left, Embiid entered the front court with the ball, and then handed the ball to Harden, after Harden got the ball, Embiid slowly walked inward, but at this time, Harden saw the passing space between Embiid and directly passed the ball to Embiid's hands, but Embiid was not prepared to catch the ball, did not expect the ball to pass, did not react after receiving the ball, so did not shoot, passed the ball to the hands of other teammates!
Although this attack on Philadelphia did not play, but at least we saw Harden's passing ability, this is only the first game between Harden and Embiid, Embiid has not fully adapted to Harden's passing timing and passing style, once Embiid and Harden form a tacit understanding, then Embiid will get more and more opportunities to get empty seats on the court!
As Embiid said in an interview, speaking about playing with Harden for the first time, Embiid said: "This is probably the biggest vacancy I have in my career. As long as these two stars form a tacit understanding, Embiid will definitely get more open shooting opportunities, which will be an experience he did not have in the first half of his career!