Beijing time on March 8, 76ers sat at their home to usher in a showdown with the Bulls, although the strength of the opponent this season can not be underestimated, but the 76ers side is not vegetarian, in the number of Harden games they have not tasted defeat, and today sitting on the home advantage, they do not intend to break this unbeaten record, and finally won the Bulls 121-106 soldiers without bloodshed, this battle Harden although the feel is not good, 15 shots only hit 5 goals, but handed over 16 points, 8 rebounds and 14 assists of the quasi-triple-double, + The plus-minus of 12 is only inferior to Embiid's +14, ranking second in the team.
After the game, Harden did not leave the stadium with the big troops, but stayed in the stadium alone to train, running up the steps in the empty Wells Fargo Center, preparing for the upcoming next game, and the next opponent of the 76ers is not another team, it is the Brooklyn Nets that just traded Harden not long ago, Durant has ushered in a comeback in recent games, plus it is an away game, Irving will also be put on the bench, although it has not yet been able to wait for Simmons' comeback, But the net sitting on the double core should not be underestimated, in the face of this old owner, Harden naturally knows how heavy the weight of this game is, in the new owner's home, Harden will definitely not be merciful to the Nets.
Harden, who forced the Rockets to trade himself to the Nets last season, was originally to impact the championship, but unfortunately, the first year of the big three, unfortunately fell at the foot of the injury, in the semi-final and bucks showdown, Irving suffered an ankle sprain, Harden also fought with a hamstring injury, the Nets finally lost to the Bucks by grabbing seven, and failed to enter the East Finals.
This season is not easy to have no injuries in the three cores, coupled with the bench lineup also ushered in a sharp upgrade, originally thought that the Nets can be fully aligned towards the championship impact, the result of Irving did not vaccinate, made a series of moths, but also let the Nets lose competitiveness, and Harden, who has been insisting on fighting with a hamstring injury, was also questioned as a tumor that did not work hard, and he was thankless, and he simply chose to leave again and went to the 76ers.
After coming to this new owner, Harden not only regained the MVP of the past in the Rockets period, but also finally tasted the long-lost winning streak, in the 5 games played for the 76ers, Ha debuted to deliver 24.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 12.4 assists, and the three shooting rates reached 53.1%, 44.8% and 89.4%, respectively, almost to enter the 180 club, and in the 5 games he played, 76 people won. The only game he missed out on March 6 against the Heat because of a break, the 76ers also swallowed up the loss 82-99, if Harden can play that game, the 76ers can really usher in a wave of seven consecutive wins (in the game that Harden did not play for the 76ers on February 18, the 76ers narrowly beat the Bucks by 3 points).
With this winning atmosphere, Harden has also become more assiduous and active to stay and practice, and this is not the first time he has deliberately practiced, as early as the first time Harden represented the 76ers in the game with the Timberwolves, when Harden and Embiid went to the power room for overtime, to know that the game is still at the home of the Timberwolves, these two can be so disciplined. Since entering the NBA in 2009, Harden has been in the NBA for 13 years, so many years, he just wants to realize the dream of a championship, and this time to the 76ers, Harden in the case of seeing the hope of the championship, but also a pioneer, he made a positive example first, so as to infect the whole team, forming a positive cohesion.