After Harden joined the 76ers, he played for the 76ers to win four consecutive games and then truncated due to a hamstring injury, which was very losing.
And today Harden returned, Philadelphia immediately won, which means that Harden has no record of losing in Philadelphia.
100% win rate
This game against the Bulls is very important for Philadelphia because before they lost to the First Heat in the East, three wins behind the Heat, and if they lose again today, then they will fall from second place in the East.
Harden didn't play against the Heat, and the rest of Philadelphia didn't play right. Embiid and Maxi, in particular, have a marked decline in efficiency.
As soon as Harden returned today, Embiid immediately benefited. He kept scoring, kept getting free throws, and finally Embiid scored 43 points in the game. Maxi, although not in as good form as the previous games, also contributed 17 points.
Harden's consecutive 25+10 record was not extended, but 14 assists revitalized the team.
After Philadelphia took the win, they consolidated their second place in the East.
Harden still maintains a 100% winning percentage in Philadelphia.
MVP of Embiid
Embiid has been vocal about the regular season MVP this season, and he certainly hopes to touch this high-profile personal honor. Because his contemporaries had taken the alphabet brother and Jokic, if he didn't take it again, he would fall behind.
Before the 76ers introduced Harden, everyone thought that it would affect Embiid's data, which would affect Embiid's MVP.
However, judging from Harden's performance after joining the team, Harden's addition has helped Embiid compete for MVP.
The first help is the improvement of the team's record, as we all know, the MVP is not only based on personal data, but also combined with the record of the player's team. After Harden came to Philadelphia, Philadelphia's record came to second place in the East, which was a big help for Embiid.
The second help is that Embiid's data was not only not affected after Harden came, but also got a lot of benefits. Because of Harden's containment, Embiid got more slots, scored easier, and the free throws increased.
Flat record
Before this game, Harden had 2559 three-pointers, just one goal away from Miller, who was third in history. So Harden very much wants to break the record directly in this game, but today Harden's hand outside the three-point line is not very good.
The first attempt, no hit, the second attempt hit.
But the third, fourth, and final fifth time didn't hit.
From the game, we can see that Harden's desire to break the record outside the three-point line is very strong, but he is also sober. He chose to shoot three points while ensuring that the team had a lot of leadership, and did not blindly pursue the record and shoot indiscriminately.
Since this game is only chasing The Miller record, the next game can surpass Miller in the third place in history with the efforts of Harden, so don't be too anxious.