Dissatisfied with the Nets' record and condition, as well as Irving's part-time status, Harden joined Philadelphia by forcing the palace before the trade deadline.
After completing the transaction, the status of both teams has improved, and Harden's Philadelphia has achieved a record of 5 wins and 0 losses in Harden's game.
In this case, the Nets and the 76ers ushered in the first meeting after the end of the trade, and this time the showdown naturally became the focus of attention from the outside world.
Everyone was looking forward to the core players of the two teams, handing over their impressive performances, and staged the good scene of Mars hitting the earth on the field, and as a result, this good drama that was hyped up by the media ended hastily in only one and a half sessions.
Among them, Irving and Durant both handed over perfect statistics, and Nets new signings Cescuri and Zhuang Shen also delivered remarkable performances in the game against their old clubs.
Embiid's 76ers lost the game, but he was already within the scope of his ability, causing the Nets the biggest trouble, and the only player to disappoint was Harden, and it was a very extreme disappointment.
With Harden forcing the palace to leave the team, the Nets clearly wanting to get back on the court, Embiid having another festival with Durant, and Philadelphia fans constantly angrily spewing Ben Simmons on the spot, Harden, who was at the center of the storm, chose to be invisible and depressed.
In the whole game, Harden played 29 minutes, shooting only 3 of 17, 0 of 10 from two-point range, only 2 free throws, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, and 4 turnovers.
Looking at the whole game, Harden has no desire to win, seems to owe something to the old club Nets, not only is the shot completely inaccurate, but even the impact of the hand to create fouls has been achieved, and the plus-minus value has reached the lowest -30 points in the game.
In the end, the team lost by 29 points, and Embiid, who has always had a very flamboyant personality, looked very disappointed, and the Philadelphia fans chose to leave the game early, and they were very unwilling to scold Ben Simmons while walking.
Ben Simmons, who had fallen out with the team before, naturally smiled, and Durant publicly ridiculed the local philadelphia fans for the first time after the game, when the team you support is so far behind, how do you mean to spray Bency again.
The US media "Open Air Stand" borrowed a photo of Embiid mocking Simmons earlier, ridiculed the 76ers' defeat in this game, and posted a P picture with Ben Simmons' head and caption: "Ben Simmons watched the 76ers lose to his new team. ”
In this case, Harden spoke out in a post-game interview, took the initiative to take responsibility for the loss, and said that the fiasco was a good thing for the current team.
Harden admits that he is a bit careless, he needs to do better, for the team, need to go to the video to see what needs to improve.
In fact, this defeat is a good thing for the team, the team was blown up, since he joined here, everything is very sweet, this loss makes everyone recognize the facts, and then continue to get better.
In a way, Harden's remarks are no problem, after all, after he joined Philadelphia, he achieved a record of 5 wins and 0 losses, and the team is also in third place in the East.
But the problem is that combined with the before and after grudges of this game, the 76ers can lose to anyone by a big score, how can they not lose to the Nets in this way, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to the morale of the team.
In particular, Harden's performance in the process of losing the game is unacceptable, there is no blood and competitiveness at all, and this game is so important.
This is also a problem that hardened his career so far, whether it is in the Rockets' leadership period or after joining the Nets, the more stressful and difficult the situation, Harden often can not deliver the performance of superstar players.
Therefore, after the game, the well-known data media in the US media, StatMuse, posted Harden's data, and accompanied by a very heartfelt statement: "Play the same as the playoffs!" ”
It is worth mentioning that Harden shot 0 of 10 from two-pointers in the whole game, which is the second player to score 10 of 10 in a single game since the beginning of the game, and the first is Westbrook.