In the early game of the NBA regular season on April 3, the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Hornets by 30 points, ending the recent decline and still retaining the opportunity to hit the first place in the East. In this game, Harden's performance is good, he has 12 points, 13 assists and 8 rebounds and 1 steal, although the score is no longer super god, but the data of cutting a quasi-triple-double is still very good. Both Maxi and Rivers Sr. praised Harden after the game, saying he gave up the shot and chose to help the team at the passing level.
Harden scored 13 assists in this game, and also ended the situation that the assists in the recent 6 consecutive games were not double, and in the 6 games before the Hornets, Harden's most assists in a single game was 9, which also directly affected his impact on the NBA regular season assist king this season, and the gap between him and Paul was negligible before.
Unfortunately, Harden's 13 assists in a single game came a little late, and Paul has played 62 games so far, with a total of 665 assists and an average of 10.72 assists per game. Harden played 61 games with a total of 614 assists and averaged 10.06 assists per game. The gap between the two has been widened, and with few games left in the regular season, it can be said that Paul won the PK in the air.
When Harden came to the 76ers, after the initial honeymoon period, many people felt that Harden was likely to impact the honor of the assist king, because Paul was injured at that time, he was injured before and after the All-Star, and he was absent for a long time, which also gave Harden a lot of opportunities, after all, Harden after coming to the 76ers was considered to have a perfect connection with the "upgraded Capela" Embiid, so that his assist number also soared, and strived to surpass Paul who was injured at that stage and rise to the first place in the assist list.
In fact, when Harden came to the philadelphia 76ers in the early days, he did perform well, not only winning consecutively, but also assisting in double figures in a row, and cooperating with Embiid, Niang and Maxi was the most tacit, and even led the team to the first position in the East. However, Harden's performance in the later period was not stable enough, the team lost more games, and the number of assists was relatively low for 6 consecutive games.
So at present, there is still suspense in the NBA regular season scoring king, but at the level of the assist king, this pair of good partners in the past, Harden PK Paul, can be said to be a state of defeat.