At the end of this season's trade, the Philadelphia 76ers finally sent away Ben Simmons, who had a complete fallout with the team, although they also paid a lot of money, but they got James Harden as they wished, in the eyes of most fans, the 76ers are still the beneficiaries of this transaction, after all, Harden and Embiid are the best players in their respective positions, their dual core also let the team see the hope of winning the championship, after Harden made his Philadelphia debut, he and the emperor's duo also showed super dominance, But the short honeymoon period came to an abrupt end after the big score loss to the Nets, and then faced the parlorious Magic's narrow victory against the bottom of the East, it was difficult to hide the disappointment of the fans, and the last game against the Nuggets lost by 4 points, Harden's sluggish performance once again put him on the cusp of the storm! In this regular season, the 76ers rushed to Cleveland to challenge the Cavaliers, after the game began, the 76ers under the leadership of the emperor Embiid in the first half of the momentum, early established a 17-point lead, but the third quarter cavaliers suddenly found a feeling, a single quarter net win of 18 points to surpass the score, the final quarter of the showdown is the emperor stepped forward, offensive and defensive ends made a huge contribution, leading the team to 118-114 narrowly defeat the Cavaliers!
The Cavaliers, who did not have heavy reinforcements in the offseason, can make great progress this season, and the team has a lot to do with the team's creation of the four major interior combinations of Allen, Mobley, Markkanen and Wade, and the four of them can face most of the league's teams through reasonable rotation, so that they can have an advantage in the internal confrontation, but it has to be said that in competitive sports, the three stinkers really can't compete with one Zhuge Liang.
Due to the absence of Allen and Wade due to injury, the Cavaliers lined up a combination of Mobley, Markkanen and Stevens in the starting lineup, but the three of them faced embiid, the first center in the East, completely did not play a numerical advantage, the three of them only got 34 points and 15 rebounds in the whole game, while embiid faced three heads and six arms, still played a personal offense that destroyed Raja, hitting 13 goals in 19 shots, and one person contributed 35 points. With 17 rebounds and five assists, the big double-double became the biggest contributor to the team's victory.
From the beginning of the strong dialogue with the Nets, Harden fell into the trough, this game against the Cavaliers, his state also did not improve, and did not appear to be excited enough, the first quarter of the first 8 minutes is not a sports war shot, the whole game played 42.1 minutes, 12 shots only hit 5 goals, of which the three-point shot is only 6 shots 1 of the performance, contributed 21 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals of personal data, but also 4 mistakes, This is also the reason why the Cavaliers were able to see the hope of winning in the final quarter, and after the game, fans also ridiculed the reason why the honeymoon period of the emperor and the beard has come to an abrupt end since Irving blew harden.
In the case of Harden's poor performance, fortunately, the Emperor is also surrounded by Maxi and Harris, both of whom maintained a very high personal offensive efficiency, a total of 28 shots hit 17 goals and cut 44 points, becoming Embiid's right hand, despite winning the game, but many fans still expressed concerns about the prospects of the 76ers, as we all know, the playoffs are the stage for superstars, then if Harden can not get back to his peak state, The 76ers will struggle to go further in the battle-hardened Eastern Conference!