The NBA regular season continues, with the 76ers playing at home today against the Knicks. In the end, they defeated the Knicks 123:108 to win four consecutive games, which was also Harden's third game with the 76ers, and Harden also had a very good performance in this game. On 8-of-13 shooting, he had 26 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. In addition to Harden playing well, Embiid and Maxi also played well. Embiid had 27 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. Maxi had 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
Now the 76ers have made up their Big Three lineup, which is Harden, Maxi and Embiid. It's not an exaggeration for us to group them up as the Big Three, they've averaged 85 points in the last three games, and having such a strong offensive firepower is why the 76ers have won back-to-back. We can clearly feel that Harden joined the 76ers and can be said to be seamless. Even he has made the whole team better.
And harden did not grab embiid's ball too much after joining the 76ers. Embiid still has a very high score contribution every game. After Harden joined the 76ers, his shooting percentage is very high, and he can still contribute high scores under limited shots, which seems to let us see the shadow of Harden before.
Maxi's growth is also the key to the 76ers' success this season. Maxi has averaged 17.3 points per game this season. He hit more than 40 percent of his three-point shooting. As a rookie with the 21st pick in the first round of 2020, his current performance is a complete surprise to fans. He's so young that he could be one of the cores of the 76ers' future team building. That's one reason the 76ers are determined to send Simmons away.
The current 76ers team is fully capable of competing for the championship. They are very balanced in all positions, attacking and defending, inside and outside, Harden's arrival team's sense of space has become better. Since Simmons was largely undefended from outside the three-point line, he would somewhat affect the 76ers' space. And after Harden came to the 76ers, their space got better. It may play a very good refractive effect in the playoffs. Embiid has played MVP-level performances again this year, so the 76ers, with two MVP-level players, are clearly one of the favourites to compete for the title.