In a recent NBA regular season game, Philadelphia fought at home for four quarters to win 111-101 over the Lone Rangers, ushering in two consecutive wins. At the same time, Harden's record of playing for Philadelphia has also improved to 8 wins and 2 losses!
Throughout the first half, the two sides played fiercely, with Philadelphia trailing the Lone Ranger by one point in the first quarter, 26-27. In the second quarter, Harden and Embiid were simultaneously threatening, and the two of them combined to score 23 points, leading the team to reverse the score to 58-53 at halftime! In the third quarter, the two sides still fought a tug-of-war, but with tenacious defense, Philadelphia pulled the score to 84-76 at the end of the third quarter!
In the final quarter, Harden, who scored only 2 points in the third quarter, ushered in an outbreak, he singled out Dinwiddy 3 points in a row to lead the team to a wave of small climaxes to open the point difference to double digits, after which Philadelphia firmly grasped the rhythm, resisted the opponent's counterattack and won the game.
Throughout the game, although the Lone Ranger scored in double figures with 5 people, the number one star Doncic only scored 17 points in the defense of the opponent, and finally scored only 17 points, with 7 rebounds and 10 assists. And the last few games of the magical Ding Weidi, this game is no longer magical, he only shot 4 of 12, and finally only got 12 points and 8 rebounds.
On the Philadelphia side, Embiid is still unstoppable, he cut down 32 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals and 1 block of offensive and defensive dominance data, so that the Lone Ranger's interior line is invincible. Although Harden's shooting percentage is not high, only 6 of 14 shots, and 5 of 0 in the third quarter, but with the outbreak of the fourth quarter, he finally handed over an all-round performance of 24 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, becoming one of the important heroes of Philadelphia's final ability to win the game.
After scoring 24 points and 13 assists, Harden also set a new milestone in team history. In the past three games, Harden has scored 20+ and assisted 10+ in three consecutive games, making him the first player in team history to score 20+ assists and 10+ in 3 consecutive games. The last to do this was Iverson in 2005.
In fact, Harden's performance in the past few games has been worrying, especially after the tragic loss to the Nets, Harden has played very inefficiently on the offensive end for several consecutive games, and even let the outside world start to worry, Harden's state, Philadelphia wants to impact the championship, I am afraid it will be a fool's dream again. In this game, Harden's performance in the first and third quarters was very bad.
Scoring only 2 points in the first quarter and only 2 points in the third quarter, and even some fans began to taunt on social media, Harden, who came to Philadelphia, has become Rubio, only passes, can not shoot. However, Harden's outburst in the fourth quarter came very just in time, and it also reflected that his form was recovering as the game progressed. It is worth mentioning that after two consecutive singles ding weidi, Harden rarely domineering roared, venting the suppressed emotions in his heart.
Shortly after the start of the fourth quarter, Harden single-handedly led the team, he seemed to single Dinwiddy in the middle of the arc, completed a retreat 3-pointer, and after this goal, he just calmly compared a 3-point gesture. Then, he singled Ding Weidi on the right side of the arc, and according to the gourd, he made another retreating 3-point shot to help Philadelphia widen the point difference to 16 points. This time, Harden finally couldn't suppress it, pulled his jersey with both hands, roared domineeringly to the sky, and also held his fists in both hands to show his muscles.
Harden in the past few games has indeed been questioned and complained about, but if he can regain confidence and regain his touch after this game, I believe that the next Harden will still bring great help to the team on the offensive end.