The NBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, Philadelphia played at home against the Bulls, which was a strong dialogue in the East, with Philadelphia in second place in the East and the Bulls in fourth place. In this game, Harden ushered in a comeback after missing the last game, under his leadership, the team played a small climax at the end of the first quarter to achieve a rebound, at the same time, Harden himself also created a new milestone!
After the opening, the two sides played very fiercely, and the score alternately rose, but after the two sides were tied 14-14, the Bulls suddenly took advantage of Harden's rest time to play a 9-1 small climax, instantly pulling the score to a 23-15 lead of eight points.
After that, Philadelphia stubbornly chased the score again, Harden reappeared with more than 2 minutes left in the quarter, when the team chased 25-29, and then Harden opened his personal performance show, under his leadership, Philadelphia in 58 seconds to blast a wave of 9-0 attack, directly countered. Harden also set a new milestone, comparable to Curry Allen.
With 2 minutes and 07 seconds left in the first quarter, Harden assisted Niang in the counterattack to hit a 3-point shot at the top of the left arc, and after the Bulls missed the attack, Harden counterattacked with the ball again, and on the way he passed again to Niang at the top of the right arc, who received the ball and hit another 3-point shot.
At 1 minute and 09 seconds, Harden counter-attacked again with the ball, this time facing Troy Brown's defense at the top of the arc, and he shook continuously after a signature retreat step of 3 points, and the ball fell steadily into the bag.
In 58 seconds, Philadelphia used this 9-0 offensive wave to reverse the score to 34-29, and these 9 points came from Harden's 1 goal and 2 assists, and the situation on the court was also reversed.
After Harden hit the 3-pointer, his career total of 3 points reached 2560, officially equalizing Reggie Miller and ranking third in the all-time three-point list. In front of him are Curry (3101) and Ray Allen (2973)!
While this is only Harden's fifth game, the speed with which he fits into a new team is surprising, especially when he leads the second team to the floor, which is almost an opponent's nightmare. In this game, he led the second team to fight back at the end of the first quarter, and at the same time, through the last two games, Philadelphia shooter George Niang almost became a perfect match for Harden in the second team.
In the previous game against the Knicks, Lao Li specially arranged for Niang to partner Harden to appear, and Niang shot 5 of 8 from outside the three-point line under Harden's pass, which was very amazing, and after the game, he also won the praise of Lao Li. In this game, Lao Li once again let Niang partner Harden in the second team, and the wave of 9-0 climax at the end of the first quarter, in addition to Harden's planning, Niang also took the opportunity well after receiving the ball.
The two cooperation between Niang and Harden are the same, both in the process of Harden's counterattack, he made a false cover and then pulled away to run to both sides in advance, while the defender was ready to go forward to pinch Harden to prevent him from impacting the basket, Harden in the defensive players are ready to go forward to pinch, early out of the ball to the already fallen Niang, the two showed a very high tacit understanding. And Niang's style of play is easily reminiscent of joe Harris of the Nets last season, when he and Harden's cooperation on the outside once achieved good results.
Today, harden and Niang's cooperation has also yielded results early, which is undoubtedly very important for Philadelphia.