In the 21-22 playoffs, the NBA Philadelphia 76ers faced the Raptors in the first round, Philadelphia won 20 points in the first round, G2 won 15 points, Joel Embiid in front of the Raptors like a god, the Raptors did not match the players who defended Embiid, plus Philadelphia's total three-pointers in 2 games totaled 62 shots 30 of the output, Embiid inside line is unsolvable, three-point shooting explosion, Philadelphia really wants to lose are difficult, but in such a situation, James Harden's performance is not very bright, It seems to continue the level of the late regular season, and his offensive performance is really difficult to satisfy...
In the first round of the playoffs G1 +G2, James Harden made a total of 26 shots, hit 9 times, shot 3rd on the team, 4th in the number of hits, 7th in the shooting percentage team, only 36 points in 2 games, of which 36.1% of the points came from free throws, Harden's offensive performance, it really does not look like the NBA's historical offensive player, and in the case of Harden's poor offensive performance, his excellent organizational ability is highlighted, and more interestingly, he seems to prefer Philadelphia's Teres Maxi?
In the first round of the playoffs in the first round of 2 games, Harden sent a total of 20 assists, 6 turnovers, 76ers these 2 games 40.8% of the assists are from Harden, Harden average 3.33 assists will appear 1 turnover, from these 2 points can see Harden's importance to Philadelphia and his personal excellence in the organizational end, so in the case of Harden's excellent performance on the organizational end, who did he assist in 20 assists in 2 games? This is a very interesting question, and here the octopus may wish to list it.
(Screenshot of Harden assists data)
Among Harden's 20 assists, he sent 7 assists to Maxy, 6 to Harris, 4 to embiid the emperor, Green, Niang, Milton once each, 35% of the assists to Maxi, 20% to Embiid, this preference is still more obvious, more interesting is that of the 7 assists Maxi received, in fact, only 2 are direct shots, and the other 5 are sports scores after receiving the ball, which is quite quite the meaning of receiving Harden's pass is fierce...
And from another point of view, Maxi's high-level offensive performance in the last 2 games is slightly covering up the problem of Harden's offensive incompetence, such a Maxi, that may be more suitable for Harden than Irving and Durant, right?