Today the Nets lost to the Hornets by 16 points, many friends let me analyze what happened to the Nets, I am a Lakers fan is not good! The Nets' current record is 1 win and 2 losses, and the only one to win has to thank the Phillies!
The most direct culprit in this game from the data point of view is Harden, the whole game 16 shots 6, shooting only 38%, plus 8 turnovers, only 15 points, in the absence of Irving, if Harden averaged less than 25 points per game, the Nets are really difficult to win.
The glare of all was his 8 turnovers, and I'm curious to see if the problem is with him or with his teammates!
In the first quarter of 10 minutes and 58 seconds, Harden cut at a 45-degree angle, the aerial throw was stopped by the Hornets, you can say that it was played like this, but, please go back to the game replay, this ball is Harden's mistake, Harden in the cut, Plumley obviously did not interfere with him, then Harden has two choices, one is to throw himself, mistakes, one is to pass to 45 degrees of Carter, but he has to choose to throw to cause mistakes.
This is just a small microcosm of the whole game, Harden's entire passing selection timing, there is a big problem, reasonable passing can connect the team, now Harden's state is worrying, in fact, the hit rate is good, the mistake is good, it is not the biggest problem, everyone has seen Harden playing, Harden's mistakes have been very high, it may be that teammates can't keep up with his rhythm!
At present, Harden's biggest problem is the average number of free throws per game, since the 14-15 season, he has stood on the free throw line on average more than 10 times per game, even last year there were 7.3 times, so many times when his shooting rate is low, the average score per game will not pull the crotch, but today's Harden, only stand on the free throw line once!
The new season has been 3 games so far, Harden has only stood on the free throw line 3 times, which is the biggest problem, many people will say that the league has changed the scale of blowing penalties this season, in my opinion, if Harden's level of players have not developed new skills in the case of rule changes, this will inevitably make people question!
Now I just want to say that the Lakers or the Nets have exposed a lot of problems at the beginning of the season, we can only look down one game at a time, I hope both teams can get better, if you have a new and different opinion, please let me know in the comments section! Thank you very much!