Winning or losing a game depends in most cases on whether the team's star can play well. Today, the NBA played a number of wonderful games as usual, and after a battle, there were many stars who played excellent performances, Harden, Embiid, Sabonis, DeRozan, Porter Jr., Brown, Edwards, Wood, Leonard, Curry, Fox and other stars all played bright statistics.
Let's take a look at what data these stars have played today! Everyone move your fingers and say in the comment section that you think of the best player of the day!
28+6+12, Harden launched a counterattack in the second half
The 76ers defeated the Cavaliers 118-109.
Heading into the end of the regular season, Harden gradually adjusted to his best, not only to help the team secure a higher playoff spot, but also to ensure that he and the emperor can win the title of assist and scoring champion at the same time.
In this game against the Cavaliers, in the first half when the team situation was passive, Harden decisively opened the storming mode, offense, organization and grabbing, throughout the second half he shot 5 of 8 for 17 points and 8 assists, successfully helping the team to achieve a headwind turnaround.
Harden played 40 minutes in the game, shooting 8-of-18 from the field, including 3-of-9 three-pointers, 9-of-12 free throws, and 28 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 steals, with a plus-minus of +16.
The campaign also allowed Harden to reach three milestones:
First, Harden's career total rebounds reached 5612, surpassing Favors and Capela to rise to 218th all-time!
Second, Harden's total assists reached 6,960, surpassing the legendary god Cousy and ranking 20th in history!
Third, Harden's total steals rose to 1509, surpassing the legendary god Julius Irving and rising to 49th all-time!
36 + 18 + 3 + 4, the emperor went out to fight without giving birth
Recently, Embiid and Jokic's season MVP battle has entered a white-hot stage, especially the emperor is stepping on the throttle to the bottom full speed, not only the personal data is extremely eye-catching, the team's record is also thriving, and there is a great trend of coming up.
Today's game against the Cavaliers, who lacked starting center Allen, continued to take the march, and everywhere he went, Embiid scored 24 points and 9 rebounds on 7-of-10 shooting.
The emperor played 38 minutes in the game, shooting 12 of 19, including 2 of 5 three-pointers, 10 of 10 free throws, 36 points, 18 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks, with a plus-minus of +15.
It is worth mentioning that this is the 24th time this season that the Great has received 35+ games, which is the most since Moses Malone won 25 35+ games and won MVP in 1981-82.
At the same time, Embiid's statistics in the past four games were 36 points and 4 blocks, 34 points and 4 blocks, 39 points and 3 blocks, becoming the first player since O'Neal to cut 30+ in four consecutive games and send at least three blocks.
14+17+10, Sabonis triple-double to win
Sabonis's role for the Kings is not only his ability to score inside himself, but more importantly, his rebounding ability and ability to enrich the team's tactics.
In this away game against the Bulls, Sabonis once again played a well-rounded performance, although he did not have a strong desire for individual offense, but he did the ultimate in rebounding control and team tandem, and the team also won the eventual victory.
Sabonis played 40 minutes in this game, shooting 6-of-10 from the field, 2-of-3 from the free-throw line, and had a triple-double of 14 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, with a plus/minus of +10.
It is worth mentioning that this is the 55th double-double of the season, the highest since Archibald Jr.'s 56 double-doubles in 1972-73.
It was also Sa's 11th triple-double this season and 29 career triple-doubles.
33+3+3, DeRozan key 3+1 won't help
Facing the league's most accomplished dark horse Kings this season, DeRozan came close to turning his way in the fourth quarter, scoring 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting and hitting a crucial 3+1 equalizer with 12 seconds left in the game, only to be killed by Fox.
DeRozan played 39 minutes in this game, shooting 10 of 20, including 4 of 6 three-pointers, 9 of 11 free throws, and cut 33 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
27+9+6, Porter Jr. tore through the Lakers defense
Rockets 114-110 Nick Lakers.
After basically securing the bottom spot in the West, the Rockets began to show their muscles to the Venbanyama, the last game just cut the Eastern Conference powerhouse Celtics, today facing the recently morale of the Lakers, the Rockets continued to suppress all the way, and the last quarter withstood the opponent's counterattack, and finally won the game without risk.
And the arrow figure who dominated the Rockets win this game is the team's backcourt brain Porter Jr. who has just returned from injury, seeing that the Lakers took turns to rest the interior defensive pillar Davis, Porter Jr. made a quick decision, frequently tearing the opponent's defense with breakthroughs, and cut 18 points on 6-of-6 shooting in the box in the first half alone, setting the tone for the victory.
Porter Jr. played 39 minutes in the game, shooting 11-of-16 from the field, 2-of-5 from three-point range, 3-of-4 from the free throw line, and scored 27 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal, with a plus-minus of +7.
35+10, Brown refused to reverse with 15 points in the final quarter
Celtics 104-102 Nick Timberwolves.
The last loss to the Rockets was undoubtedly Tatum's pot, and in today's game against the Timberwolves, Tatum shot 0 of 8 from three-point range, and he shot only 1 of 8 in the crucial second half, almost causing disaster again.
It is said that the greenshirts have double prospecting flowers and double insurance, as long as there is a flower that can open the team, the team will not be easily defeated.
And today is the day Brown saves Tatum, and he scored 15 points on 4-of-6 shooting in the fourth quarter, successfully helping the team withstand the pressure of the opponent's counterattack when Tatum was extremely crotch-pulling.
Brown played 36 minutes in the game, shooting 12-of-24 from the field, including 5-of-8 three-pointers, 6-of-8 free throws, and a double-double of 35 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
28+10+7, Edwards' all-round performance is difficult to stop losing
Facing the Celtics' double scout, Edwards quickly got into the groove from the beginning of the game, scoring 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists on 7-of-11 shooting and 4-of-4 three-point shooting in the first half to help the team bite the score.
However, entering the third quarter, Edwards suddenly lost his hand and missed three shots in the sports battle, causing the team to further widen the point gap.
At the end of the decisive game, Edwards regained his firepower and hit consecutive key shots to continue the team's life, but unfortunately, as the game went by, it was ultimately unable to reverse.
Edwards played 38 minutes in this game, shooting 10 of 20, including 5 of 8 three-pointers, 3 of 5 free throws, contributing 28 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, with a plus-minus of +5, but unfortunately it was reduced to an empty cut.
28+13, Wood incarnated as a bench bandit
The Lone Rangers beat the Spurs 137-128 in overtime.
Against the Spurs, the "Eastern Europe" combination still failed to play, Wood became the team's most reliable scoring point, and he played 28 minutes, shooting 8-of-17 from the field, including 2-of-4 three-pointers, 10-of-11 free throws, and a double-double of 28 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.
It is worth mentioning that this is the first time since January that Wood has received a single 20+10.
30+8+5, Leonard leads the team with integrated attack and defense
The Clippers beat the Warriors 134-126.
Against the away Bugs Warriors, Leonard's incomprehensible shot left the opponent helpless, and defensively he completely covered a group of Warriors forwards, including Klay, and finally led the team to win this key card battle.
Leonard played 36 minutes, shooting 10-of-19 from the field, including 3-of-7 three-pointers, 7-of-7 free throws, and scored 30 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, with a plus/minus of +11.
Curry's 8 three-point shots and 50 points were still missing the best of the day
The Warriors lost 126-134 to the Clippers.
The poison of the Warriors' "away bug" has penetrated into the internal organs, even if Curry has done everything he can, all kinds of offensive means have been exhausted, the offensive end has completely broken his hand, and the whole game has bombarded 50+, but still failed to take away a victory on the road.
Curry played 38 minutes in the game, shooting 20 of 28, including 8 of 14 three-pointers, 2 of 4 free throws, and scored 50 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.
The battle also allowed Curry to set a number of personal records:
First, Curry became the only player in history to score 10,000 three-pointers;
Second, this is the 600th 20+ game in Curry's career;
Third, in the third quarter, Curry scored 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting in the third quarter, and 20+ in a single quarter for the 39th time in his career, continuing to set a new record in history;
4. The 21 points Curry scored in the third quarter of this game all came from sports scores, and he cut 20+ free throws in a single quarter for the seventh time in his career, surpassing Thompson's 6 times and becoming the first in NBA history;
5. Curry became the player over 35 years old with the most 40+ views in Warriors history;
Curry became the first player in NBA history aged 35 or older to score 50+ and shoot at least 8 three-pointers;
7. Curry has 5,664 assists in his career, surpassing Abdul-Jabbar's 5,660 and ranking 48th in NBA all-time assists;
8. Curry scored 50+ points seven times after the age of 30, surpassing Jordan's 6 times and tied for first place in history with Chamberlain;
9. The second time this season to hit 50+ and the 12th 50+ in his career, the 35-year-old Curry became the 7th oldest player in history to get 50+;
However, such an explosive performance still did not win the best of the day because he lost!
Fox scored 15 points + three-point shootout in the final quarter to win the best of the day
To be able to beat many of the above stars to be selected as today's best, you can imagine what a performance against the sky, right! This man is Fox, the league's late-season king this season.
Kings 117-114 Nick bulls.
Facing the eleventh Bulls in the East, although the Kings were far ahead of their opponents in terms of record, they were not dominant from the scene, and the two sides fought fiercely until the last minute to determine the winner.
The fourth quarter game became not only a pinnacle showdown between DeRozan and the Fox star, but also a contest of the key ball ability of these two finalist kings, and in the end, it was Fox who was superior, and after DeRozan hit an equalizing 3+1, Fox hit back with a crushing three-pointer.
It was also the third time Fox completed a whistle-blowing finish this season, and Fox also shouted after hitting this killer three-pointer, "I'm too strong." ”
Fox played 32 minutes in this game, shooting 12-of-17 from the field, including 4-of-6 three-pointers and 4-of-5 free throws, scoring 32 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.
It is worth mentioning that in the final game, Fox scored 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting, which was his 25th late-quarter scoring double-double this season, and ranked first in the league against Alphabet Brother (24), a well-deserved king of the final quarter!
Of Fox's 32 points, 12 came from three-pointers, four from free throws, and the remaining 16 from breakout and mid-range. Fox knows that the world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable, and the middle shot is a weapon of God, and the "Little Fox" holds both weapons.
As the king of the final quarter of the season, Fox has the ability to score and decide life and death in key moments, and it is he who hits key threes to help the Kings kill the game.
It has to be said that this season's Fox has indeed raised the level of stars, and how high it is depends on how high he can climb with the Kings in the playoffs.
To sum up, there is no doubt that Fox was elected the best of the day!