On May 5, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals G2, 76ers away to challenge the Heat. At the end of the half, the 76ers trailed their opponents by eight points 52-60. In this game, 76-man Embiid is still truly sidelined due to injury, harden single-core led the team, and the half showed a certain aggressiveness.
In the first half, Harden played 21:34 seconds, with only 2 minutes and 26 seconds rest. He shot 5-of-10 from the field, including 1-of-3 from three-point range and 5-of-5 from the free throw line, and had 16 points, three rebounds, five assists and one block. It is worth mentioning that Harden's number of free throws, assists and points are the highest in the team.
In addition to Harden, 76ers Maxi scored 11 points, and Jordan Jr. started to contribute 6 points and 4 boards. In the last game, Harbeaux played well, pulling his crotch, shooting only 3 of 11 shots at half-time, contributing 6 points, 3 boards and 2 assists. On the bench, Kokmaz contributed 5 points, Niang scored 3 and Reid contributed 2.
After the end of the last game, Harden received a lot of criticism from the outside world. Many people have suggested that Harden is not aggressive enough on the court and has too few shots. In this game, Harden pulled his aggression to the full, multiple times to hit the basket to score. 10 shots at halftime, also counted as the past. However, G2 still has half a game to play, and Harden still needs to work hard in the second half.