92-106, the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the lack of Embiid's 76ers fiasco against the Heat, to say that Harden a few years ago, the single core team is at least 30+ performance, but now you have to admit that the Rockets are in the past tense, can not come back! Dengo 5 of 13, 2 of 7 three-pointers, 16 points + 9 rebounds + 5 assists, maybe everyone thinks the performance is very poor, but if your requirements for Harden are 20 + 10, it is actually fine, but there are still 5 mistakes in the case of this performance, and the old problems that cannot be changed.
This is also the 18th playoff single-game shooting rate of Harden's career, and there have been at least 5 turnovers, which is the third most in NBA history, after James 22 times and Westbrook 20 times!
James can play too many playoffs, the number of playoff appearances in NBA history is the first, Harden and Westbrook are self-evident, once the NBA mistake king. Without Embiid, everyone hopes that the regular season MVP Harden will be a big package, but what about reality? Harden really can't do it today.
Although, after the game Harden said: "Today, we got some good chances, but the ball just didn't score, I think we can be more aggressive!" "But looking at the regular season and playoffs this season, Harden's overall efficiency and data have declined sharply, and perhaps his peak has passed."
So far in the playoffs, Ha has averaged 18.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 9.4 Hu Ge in 39.7 minutes, but the shooting rate is 40.2%, the three-point shooting rate is 36.6%, and the net efficiency is 6.7 The 35th in the league, so Harden in the playoffs today is not the top of the league.
The editor's words want to be more euphemistic, but the NBA celebrity Perkins is direct. Perkins said: "Everyone will meet the time old man at different times in their careers, and we have witnessed the time old man catch Harden, Harden's speed, explosiveness is not enough to cope with the opponent, he can not impact the inside line, can not end the game, there is not enough space to shoot three points, Rivers need to give a solution, but now Harden holds the ball, you let him single. Where else can you put him? That's what we see hardening now. ”
Now Harden, in a dilemma, can not crack the defense, but also staged the playoff crotch pulling pattern we are familiar with.
In fact, Harden has scored less than 25 points in 11 consecutive playoff games, the longest starting record since he left the Thunder. Still praising Harden? Maybe you have to admit that you can't ask Harden for superstar standards anymore!
Barkley said: "I was disappointed because the 76ers were still biting the game in the first half and then Harden took 4 points in the second half, which is not aggressive, he was good in the first half, but for some reason, he couldn't do it in the second half. You have to shoot more than 4 times, Embiid is not there, you have to shoot 25 times, originally did not think they could win, but only 1 point away in the first half, Harden should have been super aggressive. ”
Rivers said after the game: "Harden can get more points, but we have to put him in a better position!" "Harden is positioned more like an organizational tandem today, but what is the actual result? The statistic of this game is that the 76ers received Harden's pass and then scored 0-of-10 three-pointers, with a vacant position but seemingly a spell, which equaled the league's worst three-point shooting rate after passing a single player in the playoffs in the past 8 years.
At the peak of the Rockets regular season, Ha averaged 36.1 points + 6.6 rebounds + 7.5 assists, and now to the 76ers, Ha has averaged 21 points + 7.1 rebounds + 10.5 assists.