Today, the NBA regular season continues, with the Philadelphia 76ers taking on the Los Angeles Clippers on the road.
The good news from the Clippers recently was that core forward Paul George chose not to operate on and let the right elbow that had torn the ligament undergo conservative treatment, just to make a comeback in the near future without season reimbursement. However, in this game against the 76ers, George still failed to play, so the Clippers' competitiveness was limited.
As a result, the 76ers did not face a big challenge in this game, they began to open up the point difference from the first quarter, and finally beat the Clippers 122-97 easily, continuing to attack the first place in the East. Harden's performance in the game is commendable.
In the game, Harden scored 29 points on 7-of-15 shooting, picked up 15 rebounds and delivered seven assists. This is another quasi-triple-double stat, and it can be seen that no one on the Clippers can stop Harden.
Embiid's limelight was overshadowed by Harden's side, and he had 27 points and 10 rebounds, just as good, but not too impressive. For Embiid, there are only a few regular season games left this season, and he needs more performance opportunities to make a good impression.
This season's Embiid is going to hit the regular season MVP, and he has already surpassed Jokic in the latest rankings to rise to the first place. Harden stood up for Embiid in a recent interview, saying embiid should be the regular season MVP of this season.
But harden's performance is so good now that Embiid may be overshadowed, and there is not much benefit for him to compete for MVP. To win the award, Embiid would have to get Real Support from Harden in the next game.