Paul Harden played
After the comeback of Chris Paul, the Phoenix Suns seemed to be like a tiger, without suspense to win 60 wins, locking in the league's first place. Although the Suns have been winning without Paul, everyone knows that only paul's comeback can the strength of this Suns be fully exerted. A good team can win the battle without a commander, and when the commander is there, it can be invincible. In this game, the Suns welcomed the first team in the East at home.
The Heat suffered a four-game losing streak, the Bucks upset and lost, and the 76ers moved to the top spot in the East. The combination of Harden and Embiid shows excellent competitiveness, but if you want to test the strength, you must play with the strong team, and the sun of the league is definitely a good choice. Harden and Paul, the old duo, met again, probably wanting to give each other a little color to see.
The gap is clear at a glance
The first quarter was naturally a contest between the big bosses, Embiid had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist on 6-of-8 shooting, and his personal performance was absolutely impeccable, but Booker was even more hot, with 22 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist on 8-of-11 shooting. In this case, Harden had 7 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, and Paul only had 4 points and 4 assists, so the 76ers took a 2-point lead. After returning from the second quarter, Paul still only had 2 shots, 5 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, and Harden also had 2 shots, which was 5 points and 2 rebounds.
Paul pulled back a city, but Booker didn't score a single point in the quarter, so at the end of the half, the 76ers still led the Suns by four points at 64-60. In the second half, Paul took 4 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, Booker also regained his touch, got 10 points and 1 rebound, and the 76ers, Embiid struggled to support, got 10 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, but Harden did not score a point of 3 shots, so the Suns successfully surpassed 5 points at the end of the third quarter. After the return of the last quarter, the gap between Harden and Paul is even more obvious.
When it came time to decide the outcome of the game, both teams looked a little tired, Harden continued to shoot 0-of-3, relying on free throws to get 2 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, the 76ers only scored 18 points in the last quarter, while Paul had 6 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists on 3-of-7 shooting, and 1 block to lead the Suns to 23 points. In the end, the Phoenix Suns successfully reversed the Philadelphia 76ers 114-104 and won 8 consecutive wins.
The data speaks for itself
After losing the game, Harden faced the Suns and faced Chris Paul, 0-3 this season, including 2 at the Nets. In this game, Harden only had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in 2 of 11 shots, and after three games, Ha had only scored 16 points, shooting 26.7% (12 of 45), shooting 26.3% (5 of 19), plus 4.3 turnovers, such a performance can only be described as miserable. Suns coach Monti said it was all thanks to Bridges' defense.
In contrast, Paul's performance in this game can be said to be far better than Harden's, 9 of 15 shooting, 19 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists, and only 1 turnover. Needless to say, Harden scored only 2 points on 0-of-6 shooting in the second half, while Paul scored 10 points. I have to say that James Harden left the Rockets, there is no way to play with the big core of the ball, and the help for the team is indeed not as good as Chris Paul, especially at the critical moment, the gap between Harden and Paul is even more obvious.
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