On March 21, Beijing time, today, the Philadelphia 76ers unfortunately lost in the dialogue with the Raptors, and suffered a big reversal in the case of a 16-point lead, and finally lost 88-93. After this game, the 76ers recorded 43-27 and slipped to third in the East. In the first three quarters of this game, Harden played well overall, and in the third quarter, he was 5 of 10, contributing 15 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, however, in the fourth quarter, Harden seemed to have changed as a person, and he would not play at once.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Harden casually passed the ball directly to the opponent twice, the Raptors are very athletic, of course, also laughed at this gift, Achuva teamed up with Barnes to score 4 points, the Raptors narrowed the score to 1 point. After that, Harden symbolically broke through to cause a foul, walked to the free throw line to score 2 points, and since then, Harden has suddenly become invisible, and the rest of the section has been grainy on the offensive end, receiving only 1 rebound and only one assist, and finally, Harden's stats are fixed at 17 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists.
Harden was 5 of 12 in this game, the shooting rate was average, but the key moment was too crotch-pulling, in the last quarter, the 76ers still had the opportunity to equalize, but he moved too much when he went to the basket, was caught by the referee, and the result was a malicious foul, the 76ers cooked duck flew, was reversed by the opponent, and Harden's number of mistakes also increased to 6 times. In the first half, the 76ers trailed the opponent by 3 points, Harden's plus-minus was +8, the whole game, the 76ers lost 5 points, Harden's plus-minus became -1, so Harden's state has become a barometer affecting the team.
Of course, the loss of this team is not the responsibility of Harden alone, Embiid played crazy all over the game, in the offensive end by the opponent's three major interior line barnes, Siakam and Achuva stubbornly entangled, 20 shots only 6, contributed 21 points and 13 rebounds, however, his plus-minus is +7; Harris 9 of 2, only 5 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, plus-minus is also +7, because the 76ers at that time to pull the score apart, it is by this gang of main forces, they did a very good job on the defensive end, But the performance of the bench is hardly flattering.
Niang played well with 4 of 9 in the game, contributing 11 points and 4 rebounds, but his plus-minus was -22, except for Niang, the 76ers' bench except for Danny Green's 3 points, the other three players did not score, plus or minus all less than 0. This also exposes a shortcoming, the 76ers bench needs to be improved, as such, the 76ers' main force can indeed beat the starting team of any team in the league, but the bench players have become a big problem, and it is difficult to go further in the playoffs.