On February 26, Beijing time, 76ers made their debut in the away game against the Timberwolves. After being sent to the 76ers before this year's trade deadline, this is Harden's first appearance for the 76ers.
Throughout the game, James Harden played in 35 minutes on 7-of-12 shooting to get 27 points, 12 assists and 8 rebounds, in addition to 5-of-7 shooting and +35 plus-minus from outside the three-point line. This, combined with Joel Embiid's 31-minute record of 34 points, 10 rebounds and three assists, helped the 76ers win 133-102 over the Timberwolves.
In this game, in addition to James Harden's quasi-triple-double debut, Embiid can undoubtedly have an easier performance on the offensive end, but in fact, Teres Maxi is also the biggest beneficiary after Harden entered the team's starting lineup.
Because in this game, the starting Maxi can have 28 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 12-of-16 shooting, including 3-of-2 outside the three-point line. Then harden, Embiid and Maxi alone can score 89 points in this game.
After the game, Joel Embiid excitedly said that Harden would let himself play the game that would get the most empty opportunities when Harden joined:
"This is probably the biggest vacancy in my career."
In addition, Teres Max also said after the game that he was glad that he no longer needed to defend James Harden's retreat:
The US media even solicited the combined names of the Big Three lineups of James Harden, Joel Embiid and Thales Maxi from fans after the game:
For the 76ers, if the three players can continue to perform at this level in future games, it will undoubtedly give the team a better competitive position.