The NBA regular season continues, and tomorrow there will be a focus battle, with the Philadelphia 76ers at home to meet the Brooklyn Nets. If the Harden and Simmons trades hadn't happened, this game might have been just an ordinary regular season game. But now that Simmons has been traded to the Nets and Harden has come to Philadelphia, the first showdown between the two teams since the trade took place, tomorrow is bound to be a battle of focus.
Since Harden joined Philadelphia, the 76ers have won all 76 of harden's five games. In these five games, Harden averaged 24.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, 12.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game, shooting 53.1% from the field and 44.8% from three-point range, all of which are greatly improved compared to the Nets.
The Philadelphia 76ers are currently in third place in the East with a 40-24 record, while the Nets are eighth in the East with a 33-33 loss. Both teams are in a state of winning streak. Embiid broke out many times after Harden's arrival, the last game against the Bulls was a super double with 43 points and 14 boards with a super high shooting rate of 27 shots and 15, in addition, his cooperation with Dengge is also becoming more and more tacit, Harden broke through to create a good opportunity to send him a dunk opportunity, and the emperor also ate the cake and ate a happy.
Tomorrow, facing the Already weak Nets on the inside, Embiid will once again become the absolute core of the team's offense, and will also use crazy performances to ravage the opponent's interior line. Not only that, the backcourt twins of Maxi + Harden will also face the combination of Kyrie Owen and Curry Jr., whether it is defensive ability or breakthrough ability, they are obviously stronger than the Nets' guard line, and their duel will also become one of the highlights of the game.
Judging by the 76ers' recent performances, they have lost only two of the 10 games Harden came to Philadelphia, and won all of the five games Harden played. Harden is still very important for Philadelphia, as long as Harden is on the court, Embiid can free up space and give the opponent enough pressure on the inside line.
Let's talk about the Nets, who currently have a record of only 33 wins and 33 losses, ranking eighth in the East and hovering up and down the edge of the playoffs. In the last game against the Hornets, thanks to Irving's 50+ super play, the Nets won a victory from the Hornets. Tomorrow against the 76ers, according to the official news from the Nets, the team's interior Aldridge and guards Ben Simmons and Joe Harris will not play because of injury problems, and rookies Duke and Sharp will not play in the development league.
But because it was an away game, Kyrie Owen, who played bravely in the last game, was allowed to participate in the game. Kyrie Irving + Kevin Durant + Seth Curry are the three offensive points that the Nets are currently relying on, and if they are not in good shape in tomorrow's game, it will undoubtedly be very unoptimistic for the Nets. Not only that, the Nets' defensive efficiency is only 23rd in the league, facing the powerful 76ers, I don't know if they can withstand tomorrow.