Beijing time on April 21, the NBA playoffs are in full swing, today there are a total of three games, the final result is that the Nets lost to the Green Shirts, the big score 0-2 behind, the 76ers again beat the Raptors, 3-0 to get the game point, the Bulls defeated the Bucks, the big score 1-1 draw.
Now it seems that Harden's choice to leave was correct.
Harden joined the Nets last year, just to form a big three with Durant and Irving, in order to win the championship, but the Nets suffered a serious injury last season, although Durant had an excellent performance in the playoffs, but was eventually eliminated by the Bucks.
After the start of the season, the Nets signed back Aldridge, sent Jordan Jr., also signed Mills, and got Dragic in the middle of the season, many media believe that as long as the Nets can stay healthy this season, it is only a matter of time before they win the championship, but Irving refused the vaccine, resulting in no way to play for most of the season, Harden's state also began to decline, the Nets once fell to the eighth position in the East, and finally the trade deadline, Harden still chose to leave.
Many fans were complaining that Harden was a deserter, saying that Harden disregarded brotherhood, and even after leaving the 76ers, Irving also complained in an interview that Harden should say the problem like a man, rather than choose to go away.
Recently, some media people exposed that Durant has taken Harden off on social media, and some fans said that Durant is in line with Irving.
Now it seems that Harden's choice is correct, after all, Irving and Durant have ring bonuses on their hands, but Harden does not, for harden now, more looking forward to the championship, other honors have basically been obtained.
After the start of the playoffs, Durant's two games of efficiency are very low, it seems to be completely limited by the green shirts' defense, is no longer the "god of death" Durant in the past, although Irving scored 39 points in the first playoff, but the team still lost this game, it is clear that the overall strength of the Nets and the Green Army is indeed a little bit of a gap, and whether the Nets who return to the home court can still hold the home court, which makes many fans begin to question.
There are also many fans said that perhaps Simmons' comeback can bring organization and defense to the Nets, according to previous media interviews, Simmons will have to wait until G5 and G6 to return, if the Nets go down, whether they can survive to the fifth game is a very big question.
On the other hand, Harden, after the start of the playoffs, Harden averaged 18.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 10.0 assists in three games, but the team still led the Raptors 3-0, and today Embiid also killed the Raptors on the road and successfully got the game point, if there is no big accident, the 76ers promotion is only a matter of time, after all, the Tactics used by the Raptors to limit Embiid are basically used, and then can only expect Embiid's feel to decline, and finally stole one or two victories from the 76ers.