On March 17, Beijing time, Philadelphia narrowly defeated the Cavaliers in a crazy tug-of-war to complete the season three kills against the latter, Harden certainly bombed a double-double data of 21 points and 11 assists, but Harden's outside three-pointer 6 of 1 was extremely bad, fortunately Harden gave the key 4 penalties in the last moment to win. Harden is worth mentioning that in the last 5 games, Harden's three-pointer on the outside line is 9 of 33 and hit 24 irons, and outside projection has become Harden's biggest weakness.
Looking at Harden's outside three-point performance in the last 5 games:
Against the Cavaliers: 1-of-6 from three
Against the Nuggets: 1-of-4 from three.)
Against the Magic: 3-of-11 from three
Against the Nets: 3-of-7 from three
Against the Bulls: 1-of-5 from three
Harden's performance in recent times has begun to decline after the honeymoon period of leading the team to win all five games in the first 5 games of the franchise, especially after losing 2 of the previous 3 games in Philadelphia, and Harden's performance has fluctuated. In the last game, harden even if there was a recovery, but Philadelphia was still defeated by the Nuggets to complete a 19-point reversal.
In this campaign, in the face of a battle with the Cavaliers, Harden's outside line is still not good, he did not face Markkanen's defense until the end of the first half, hit a retreat three-point shot, and it is also his only three-point shot in the whole game, which is undoubtedly difficult to be satisfactory as the other line.
Harden's shooting star on the outside is not good, fortunately his breakthrough foul-making ability is still fake, Harden used his foul-making ability to score free throws, helping him maintain a relative scoring base.
More critically, Harden sent 11 assists, not only to help Embiid continue to play a good performance against the Cavaliers' three-high interior line, but also to help Maxi and Harris blossom and score. As for the final stage of the showdown, the two sides turned on the free throw war mode, Harden had two key free throws with 16.8 seconds left, and then continued to be fouled and hit two more free throws, helping Philadelphia win with steady free throws.
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