Beijing time on April 24, today, the two games that fans pay attention to, the Philadelphia 76er and the Nets both ended in defeat. But in fact, fans who have watched the game know that if it were not for the home whistle, Harden and Embiid might have taken the game 4-0. Embiid was very unhappy with the outcome of the game, which can be seen from his performance on the field and on the bench. At that time, Siakam held the ball for half, embiid was very frustrated, although the former was his hometown, but the "African Emperor" did not give him any face, and went up to push it angrily.
After the game, Embiid also seems to understand Harden's pain, he seems to be complaining to Harden, saying how the referee is, however, as a person who has come over, Harden has long been commonplace, the original Rocket Deng led the team to carry the universe, Durant directly saved the team from outside the boundary has not been blown against the law, these "pediatric" actions, how can the referee put it in the eyes, for such a situation, Harden can only comfort Embiid. Fortunately, in the next game, the 76ers will return to Philadelphia, they still have a few game point opportunities, and losing one game is not enough to change the direction of the series.
But the Nets weren't so lucky, and after losing to the Celtics today, the Nets are already 3-0 behind their opponents and will soon be back home for fishing. As the team's big boss, Durant's performance in this game was once again a big disappointment, and he was taught a hard lesson by Tatum. In this campaign, KD played 46 minutes, 6 of 11, only 16 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, 54.5% shooting rate set a series record, unfortunately, the Durant in this game seems to have lost the style of the former god of death, not only the offensive end has no desire to speak of, but also often makes inexplicable mistakes.
In the three games of the series, Durant scored 23 points, 27 points and 16 points respectively, but the shooting percentage was only 37.5%, 23.5% and 54.5%, respectively, and the previous Death God judged the two. To make matters worse, Durant had 6, 6 and 5 turnovers in each of the three games, all of which were team-highs. Why did Durant suddenly stop working? The reason is simple, Harden left. After Harden left, Durant was under the focus of the package, because of his thin body, coupled with the long playing time, physical strength is obviously unable to keep up, so when the defensive intensity increases, his offensive state will not be very good, and the number of mistakes will naturally rise.
In the Thunder, there are Westbrook and Harden to attract defense for him, no team dares to pack Durant 2-3 people, he can play as he pleases; in the Warriors, the similar situation is more vividly displayed, Curry and Tang Shen are fierce, sharing the offensive pressure for him, people would rather choose to pack Curry than to pack Durant, so Durant's defensive pressure will be greatly reduced, the data will rise, and the efficiency will remain high. Although Irving has offensive ability, but the passing ability is average, only singles, and the containment force is far from being comparable to Curry and Harden.
Therefore, when Harden left, Durant's performance was greatly reduced. This is the embodiment of Harden's value, the 33-year-old Durant became an ordinary star in seconds after Harden left, and he will be helpless after that, missing Harden or Curry. Now, Durant must understand James's pain, Irving's thorn head is not anyone can surrender, Harden is the most suitable partner for you, with Harden, Tatum certainly can not be so "arrogant".