On April 4, Beijing time, Philadelphia defeated the Cavaliers 112-108 to win two consecutive games, and the team's record of 48 wins and 30 losses is still in fourth place in the East, but it has caught up with the Bucks, and it is only 0.5 wins away from Boston, the second team in the East. Philadelphia locked up a high IE playoff spot early, which means Harden has made it to the playoffs for 13 consecutive seasons, ranking first in the active season.
Paul, Danny Green and Iguodala are all tied for second place on the playoffs 12 times. In the Game of April 4, Harden was willing to be a green leaf, he had 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and played a triple-double for the 11th time this season. Harden's recent shooting has been poor, and his energy has been mainly focused on passing.
Embiid, who had 44 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 blocks, and 3-of-6 three-pointers, was the first player in NBA history to have at least 40 points, 15 rebounds and 5 blocks in a single game, and hit 3 three-pointers.
It was also the second time in Embiid's career that he scored at least 40 points, 15 boards and 5 blocks, becoming the fifth player in the league since 1990 to achieve this achievement, the top 4 being: O'Neal (3 times), Ewing (2 times), Howard (2 times), and Thick Brow (2 times).
Apparently, Embiid played such a miracle thanks to Harden's assist. In this game, Harden's 10 assists had four assists Embiid scored, including two Embiid dunks, one layup and one three-pointer.
With Harden threading the needle, Embiid played more easily and efficiently. In addition to these few points, Embiid also received several times hardened passes to attack and was fouled, thus standing on the free throw line to score.
Embiid averaged 30.2 points per game this season after scoring 44 points in this game, surpassing Alphabet Brother to rise to second place in the league, behind James' 30.27 points per game.
Embiid is still an MVP candidate, but at present, he is temporarily behind Jokic, of course, if Embiid plays crazy in the next series and climbs to the top of the scoring list, then it will give him a competition for MVP extra points, and the possibility of Embiid rebounding again is not ruled out.
Harden has played for the Thunder, Rockets, Nets and Philadelphia in his career, he only reached the Finals in his career with the Thunder, Harden came to Philadelphia to rush to the championship, this goal has many difficulties to achieve, but he has the hope of helping Embiid to get the scoring champion and impact the MVP.