On March 8, the NBA regular season was a focus battle, the 76ers played at home against the Bulls, and they eventually won 121-106. After this game, the 76ers' record changed to 40-24, still in second place in the East. The Bulls, on the other hand, suffered five consecutive defeats and still ranked fourth.
This game, for Harden, is not tiring. Because there is a big explosion in Embiid, there are still many points to share, so Harden can paddle. Harden played a total of 38 minutes, the time is quite long, but the feel is not good, only 5 of 15 shots, including 1 of 5 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, cut 16 points, 14 assists, 8 rebounds, triple doubles, but also 3 turnovers, plus or minus +12, the whole team is second only to Embiid.
For Harden, today is really a good day, he ushered in 4 milestones in the first battle, namely:
Harden hit 5 free throws in this game, and he surpassed Paul Pierce with 6920 hits to rise to the ninth place in the NBA's all-time free throw shooting list. The next thing to surpass is Jerry West's 7160, which is not very far away.
2. After Harden hit a three-pointer, his regular season career three-point shooting reached 2560, tying Reggie Miller in third place in history, and the top two are well known to everyone, Curry and Ray Allen.
3. Harden's career total score, before this game, was 23142 points, plus 16 points, reached 23158 points, surpassing Elgin Baylor's 23149 points and rising to the 31st place in NBA history. The next thing to catch up is Wade's 23165 points, which is close at hand.
4, this one is a bit embarrassing, is the number of mistakes. Harden scored three turnovers, and the career turnover of 3481 officially surpassed Steve Nash, and the next thing to catch up was Regitois 3493.
In Harden's game, the 76ers are currently 5 games to maintain a full victory, he no longer needs to carry the pot, can enjoy the fun of winning, ushered in the best stage of his career.