After the 76ers lost to the Raptors at home, the famous Skip angrily criticized Harden, writing: "Tonight should have been a game that Harden had to stand up for. But when you really need him, he will never show up. ”
I believe that after watching this game, many people think the same as him, Harden's performance in the game is really too bad, the whole game played for nearly 40 minutes with 15 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists, shooting 4 of 11 shots, 6 of 3 points, and 5 turnovers, you must know that this is the second game that the Raptors have won in a row, if it were not for the G3 game with Embiid's three-point kill, you can imagine what kind of situation the 76ers would be in now. The G4 away loss to the Raptors gave the team a wake-up call, and Harden also said after the game: "Losing is a good thing for us, it is a wake-up call for us, we think everything is good, we think things are easy, but it is not like that." This defeat is not about anyone, it's about ourselves. ”
But in this game, the 76ers did not feel nervous because of the last loss, the penalty area let the opponent get 56 points to be blown up by the opponent, their frequent mistakes let the opponent play a counterattack, the 76ers appeared 16 mistakes in the whole game to let the opponent score 20 points, and the Raptors 9 mistakes let the 76ers only score 9 points. Of course, the loss of this game has a great impact on Embiid's injury, the finger injury not only affects his shooting feel, and it is easy to make mistakes when facing the Raptors, but even so, Embiid's presence on the court still gives the Raptors a great shock, in this case, Harden as another superstar on the team, he should take on the team's offensive responsibility, but Harden did not do it.
In a post-game interview, harden was asked if the Raptors' defense bothered him, harden shook his head and said, "I shot 11 times, no. Speaking about the game, Harden said: "It was tough from the beginning, our shooting was struggling tonight and there were too many mistakes. Too many pointless mistakes, so it is difficult to win. In the end, it was because Harden was not aggressive enough, and Embiid also asked the bearded man after the game, he said: "I hope Harden can play more aggressively, although Rivers is talking to me more often, discussing how to fight around me, but I still hope that Harden can be himself." 」 Embiid has said this very bluntly, if the next game Harden can not do more, and finally by the Raptors in the first round to reverse the elimination, then Philadelphia will be a bloody storm.
And for Harden, from the quagmire of the Nets to Philadelphia, he looks at Embiid's personal ability, the ultimate goal of both of them is to win the championship trophy, but Harden joined Philadelphia to lie down and win is not so simple, as far as the team lineup is concerned, Philadelphia is indeed a team that does not lack offense, they need Harden's ability to organize tandem teams, but now Embiid is injured, Harden has no reason not to stand up, I hope that Harden can do better and achieve his goal in this year's playoffs.