On April 8, Beijing time, the Raptors sat at home to meet the 76ers, most of the media predicted that the 76ers would defeat the Raptors before the game, but the final result exceeded expectations, the 76ers lost to the Raptors 114-119, and the difference between the two sides was only 5 points. The question of Harden's state, which was criticized more after this game, was once again raised.
Looking back at the last quarter of the game, the team mainly handed over the ball to Harden to deal with, because the team has been in a backward state, so it is necessary for Harden's singles to hit the shot on the outside line, but Harden played 4 in the last quarter of the effect of 1, and was blocked successively, especially in the last minute, the difference between the two sides was 6 points, the 76ers still had the opportunity to overturn, but Harden made a major mistake in the process of holding the ball, directly was robbed, and then the Raptor Barnes counterattacked, directly pulling the point difference to 8 points, directly killing the game, Harden's mistake directly caused the 76ers to lose hope of turning the tables.
In fact, the comprehensive Harden came to the 76ers all the games, only the debut of two games is not bad, after coming to the 76ers Harden's state showed a continuous downward situation, to the last five games, his average score per game has fallen from 19 points to 15 points, and the shooting rate is as low as 32% This is not the most exaggerated, Harden has been known for three-point shooting in the last five games only 27.3% belongs to the league's bottom level. Whether it is from the data or from the state of the game is enough to see that Harden has a serious problem, so where is the root of the problem?
First of all, before Harden's arrival, the 76ers are a strong team, they have a lot of scoring points, in addition to Kai Embiid they also have Harris and Maxi can score, the average score of the two this season has also come to 17.4 points per game, it can be said that even if there is no Harden or Simmons this season's 76ers are not a weak team, before Harden's arrival, Embiid led the team to win the Raptors, Bucks, Nets Suns and other strong teams, so why Harden came to the ming lineup more strong 76ers but frequently lose.
In fact, the reason is nothing more than two points, first of all, Harden's arrival has become the team's main point of possession organization, and the chemical reaction maintained by the natural team before will be destroyed to a certain extent, especially when Harden is not in good shape, this problem is particularly obvious. At the same time, Harden's arrival brought a retreat step for the 76ers, and now the 76ers are all retreating, which makes their interior line full of loopholes, and the number of scores on the inside line is obviously less, but the inside attack scores are exactly the strengths of the 76ers. The second important reason is the decline in Harden's own state, after the injury Harden lost the original speed of movement, coupled with his weight problem, resulting in his offensive threat decline, and the defensive end of the ability is not good, the decline in offense with the defense of tens of thousands of people stabbed, Harden naturally became the target of 76 losses.
But in any case, the 76ers can enter the playoffs, for the strong team is the real playoffs, Harden must change his play style before the summer arrives, into the 76ers team, 76 people may be able to break through the playoffs of the strong.