On March 14, Beijing time, the 76ers won 116-114 overtime over the Magic, Harden played in 38 minutes, 19 shots, 3 of 3 three-points, 11 of 3, 15 of 13 of free throws, 26 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals; Embiid 35 points, 16 rebounds and 7 assists, Harden ushered in a milestone, 2 assists and 6 points in overtime, 11 points alone refused to be upset, and the key free throws locked the win.
Today's game, the 76ers fell behind 5 points 29-24 in the first quarter, Embiid felt average, contributed 7 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 10 shots, and Harden continued the bad state of the previous game, only relying on free throws to get 3 points in 3 shots, rebounds, assists and other data were 0; in the second quarter, Harden contributed 5 points on 1 of 5 shots, the offensive feel was still not good, Embiid and Harris contributed 27 points in the half, but the 76ers fell behind 47-59 and fell behind by 12 points.
Harden scored 8 points and 1 error on 8-of-8 shooting, 6-of-7 free throws, and the rest of the stats were all 0.
In the second half, Embiid broke out in the third quarter, leading the team to narrow the point gap with 13 points in a single quarter, and Harden still performed average on 3 shots, but the outside three-point shot finally opened; hardened crazy fouls in the last quarter, there were 7 minutes left in the fourth quarter, harden and Jordan Jr. had an exchange at the time of suspension; at the critical moment, Harden hit three points again, and in the moment of life and death, Harden broke through the layup and did not score, and Maxi missed the kill.
The 76ers and Magic did not score in the last 3 minutes and 5 seconds, thus reaching overtime.
In overtime, Harden assisted Embiid's score in the penalty area, as well as shooting three-pointers, but Cole Anthony felt hot, shooting 3 three-pointers in a row directly stopped the 76ers, suspended back, Harden broke through the layup, assisted Harris to score three points, the 76ers rebounded the score, the two teams in the moment of life and death were two free throws and one shot, Harden made two free throws to end the game, and finally the 76ers won overtime and refused to be upset.
Harden reached a milestone moment with a total of 23,194 points in the regular season, surpassing Adrian Dantley to 29th on the all-time scoring list.
In the last fiasco against the Nets, Harden shot 3-of-17 from the field, 0-of-10 from two-point range, and only got 11 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and today against the Magic, Harden still felt bad and performed well in overtime.