The 76ers are sitting at home today to meet the Nets, the first time the two teams have met since completing a big deal, so it has attracted much attention, but unfortunately Simmons failed to play today due to injury.
Although Harden played a very good performance after joining the 76ers, leading the 76ers to a record of 5 wins, the Nets are still in poor form recently, still ranking eighth in the East. But in today's game, the game showed a one-sided trend, the 76ers were behind from start to finish in the whole game, and the Nets led by up to 36 points to win 29 points 129-100.
In the first half, the 76ers trailed the Nets by 21 points, 51-72, a new high for their first-half game losses. The Net shot 29-of-45 in the half, shooting 64.1 percent from the field, the highest shooting percentage in the first half of the season. The 76ers' shooting percentage in the first half was limited to 27.1 percent (13-of-48), the nets' lowest first-half shooting percentage this season.
In today's game, Harden and Embiid both played abnormally, Embiid played 30 minutes, only 5 of 17 shooting, 3 of 3 three-pointers, 15 of 19 free throws, 27 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists, 4 turnovers, plus-minus -30.
Harden played 28 minutes today, shooting only 3 of 17, 3 of 7 three-pointers, including 10 of 2 of 2 from the field, 2 of 2 from the free throws, only 11 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, 4 turnovers, plus-minus -30, and Embiid tied for the lowest in the game.
While Harden has performed well in the first five games of his 76ers career, leading the 76ers to score more than 120 points in each game, he has behaved erratically against the old owners today. In such a critical game, Harden's performance is indeed unreasonable, Harden has always had a brush for pulling crotches in key games, so some people say that Harden plays like a playoff today, because he often pulls crotches in the playoffs.
On the Nets side, Durant was very efficient, playing 32 minutes, shooting 10 of 17, including 3 of 6 three-pointers, 2 of 3 from the free throw line, and had 25 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, with a plus-minus of +34. Irving played 30 minutes, shooting 8-of-17 from the field, 5-of-11 from three-point range, 1-of-2 from the free throw line, contributing 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, plus or minus +27. Xiao Kuli against the old owner, also became a surprise soldier, played 27 minutes, 10 of 14 shots, 4 of 8 three points, 24 points and 5 steals, plus or minus +26.