The Raptors pulled two games in a row after falling behind 3-0, which made Doug Rivers and the Philadelphia Man sweat a lot — Coach Rivers seemed to be born arrogant, and the reversal of the big lead was simply his nightmare. I thought that I was 3-0 ahead of my opponent and within a few steps of advancing to the second round, but I was stunned by the Raptors' counterattack momentum, but fortunately it was just a false alarm.
In series G6, Philadelphia did not let the tragedy happen again, and the big victory over the Raptors cleanly completed the promotion.
In fact, the gap between the two sides in the first half of this game is not large, and the Raptors are only one point behind, which is obviously difficult for Philadelphia to accept. But in the third quarter, the situation on the court suddenly changed dramatically, and Philadelphia won 20 points in a single quarter, locking in the victory in advance. In the end, Philadelphia relied on a strong performance in the second half of the game to usher in a big victory.
The Raptors' performance this season has been respectable, and for Philadelphia, the most frustrated player in the series is James Harden. Harden, who joined Philadelphia, had high hopes, but his performance was clearly not aggressive enough, and even caused the dissatisfaction of Joel Embiid. Embiid came out with an injury in the playoffs, and he hopes Harden can help him more.
There are many people who question Harden's performance, and Philadelphia star Aaron Iverson also said that Harden wants to find the temperament of a killer in the game, rather than always thinking of driving his teammates. Iverson said: "I look at the statistics table after every game, he can get his teammates involved in the attack, he does the point guard job, but we probably need Harden more to be a killer. ”
In a crucial game, Harden was very efficient in the game, contributing 22 points and 15 assists on 7-of-12 shooting, and the plus-minus reached a team-high +38. Although it is not the "killer" role that Iverson hopes, he does drive the team's offensive vitality in his own way.
Harden's performance now is a bit bad, you know, Harden, who was once the league's leading scorer, his offense used to be a historical level, and now it is difficult to play such a heroic performance. In the five games before the series, four of them had a shooting percentage of less than 40%, and it is no wonder that Harden has been greatly questioned.
G6 this battle performance warmed up, sweep away the haze or short-lived?
Whatever that means for Harden, advancing to the second round has already set a record — Harden has reached the semifinals for six consecutive years, and the league's longest consecutive semifinals in a continuation. Harden has not missed a divisional semifinal since the 2016-17 season. In the league, people such as James Harden, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Alphabet Brother are all thrown away by him at the moment.
Reaching the division semifinals for the sixth consecutive season, Harden played four consecutive seasons with the Rockets, and then continued to play for the Nets, joining Philadelphia this season. Harden was traded to Philadelphia from the Nets mid-season, and the Nets were swept in the first round of the season, stopping the first round of the playoffs.
(Text/Yan Wujun)