On April 29, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs 76ers played against the Raptors G6. In the whole game, Harden made 7 of 12, 5 of 5 of three points, 6 of 6 from the free throws, and got 22 points, 15 assists and 6 rebounds, brushing the record wildly, causing heated discussion.
After two consecutive losses, the 76ers' most redeemable person is Harden. In the previous five games of this series, Harden shot only 37.3% from the field and only 37.9% from three-point range, and Embiid publicly said he hoped Harden would be more aggressive on the offensive end.
With 9 minutes left in the first quarter, Harden held the ball outside, and with the help of Embiid's cover, he suddenly accelerated straight to the basket, jumped high, flew over Siakam, and a tomahawk split, making his teammates on the bench jump directly. Such a dunk is really a long time gone.
The dunk also seemed to activate Harden, who finished the first quarter with 3-of-4 shooting and 10 points and 5 assists. However, the Raptors were quite tenacious, biting the score, and the 76ers only led by one point at halftime. In the second quarter, Harden scored 2 points in a single quarter and 12 points and 8 assists at halftime.
Back in the second half, the 76ers judged two teams, Maxi came up crazy to score output, the third quarter had 3 minutes and 51 seconds left, Harden faced Thaddeus Young's defense, cross-step dribble suddenly withdrew three-point shot, steady hit, Harden roared, the 76ers completed a wave of 30-9, leading by 22 points. Since then, the game has also entered garbage time early.
Harden's resurrection has also attracted heated discussion, and the number one Zhan Heiskip praised, "Today's Harden looks a bit like the one he used to be." ”
In this battle, Harden even brushed the record:
1. The 24th double-double of scoring and assisting in the playoff career surpassed legend Bird and rose to 14th place in history, and in front of Harden was Lakers legend Jerry West (25 times).
2. The number of career assists in the playoffs surpassed that of Westbrook (874) and rose to 21st in history.
3. The playoff career defensive rebound surpassed Uncle Mu and rose to 50th in history.
4. The number of rebounds in the playoff career surpassed Iguodala to rise to 77th in history.
5. The 76ers surpassed Andrew Toney in career playoff three-point shooting to 22nd in team history.
6. For the third time in his playoff career, he has at least 20+15 assists in a single game, second only to Magic Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Stockton, Nash, Paul and Isaiah Thomas since the 1983-84 season.
7. For the third time in his playoff career, he had at least 20+15 assists+5 boards in a single game, second only to Magic Johnson since the 1983-84 season.