On October 30, Beijing time, in the past night, there were 3 messages from the NBA, let's take a look.
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Not long ago, 76ers star James Harden left Philadelphia to return to Houston due to personal matters (to accompany his ailing mother), which caused him to miss all of the 76ers' preseason games. Before the start of the regular season, Harden returned to the 76ers for team practice and wanted to participate in the opening game against the Bucks, but the 76ers management directly persuaded Harden, who was already preparing to embark on a flight to Milwaukee, for the sake of team chemistry and health, and let him stay in Philadelphia to practice, which made Harden very disappointed. Just when the outside world felt that the contradiction between Harden and the 76ers had reached an irreconcilable stage, things took a turn for the better.
Today, the 76ers ushered in the first home game of the new season, and Harden, who had not appeared in the public eye for a long time, appeared on the 76ers bench, and talked with the 76ers coaching staff in the pre-game warm-up session, and laughed with a group of players. Obviously, Harden and the 76ers do not have the intensified and irreconcilable contradictions rumored by the outside world, on the contrary, they seem to be very harmonious. Later, according to the 76ers team reporter, the 76ers have reached an agreement with Harden that if he successfully completes the next two days of team-wide 5v5 confrontation training, then he will make his season debut against the Raptors on Friday, Beijing time. It also makes us look forward to whether Harden, who has been absent for a long time, can play the style of a top two-way guard again.
保罗牺牲成功
Today, the Warriors ushered in the third game of the new season, away against the Western Conference Youth Army Rockets. In the end, after four quarters of battle, the Warriors defeated the Rockets 106-95, winning two consecutive victories while continuing to maintain the winning streak against the Rockets (11 consecutive wins). It is worth mentioning that in this game, Warriors forward Draymond Green, who has been recuperating from injury for more than a month, returned from injury, and in order to make way for him, Paul, who has started 1216 games in his career, appeared on the bench for the first time. I thought that Paul, who was playing as a substitute for the first time, would struggle because of the so-called star dignity and discomfort, but I didn't expect Paul to still play an excellent performance, shooting 3 of 8 from the field, 2 of 2 free throws, contributing 8 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, and +22 plus/minus topped the game.
Judging from the process of the game, Paul perfectly showed his ability to organize and control the court, took over the responsibility of the commander after Curry left the court, sorted out the team's second team in an orderly manner, and when it came to the decisive moment, Paul's presence allowed Curry to focus all his energy on offense, allowing him to successfully take over the game (4 three-pointers in the final quarter and cut 14 points). Obviously, Paul's bench play not only allows the Warriors starters to ensure enough height and familiar chemistry, but also the team's second team can maintain enough aggressiveness, and at the same time, at this stage of his career, Paul's physical strength is difficult to support the high-intensity playing time of the starters, and it is the best decision for him to transform into a bench as soon as possible.
利拉德迎里程悲
Today, with Warriors star Paul coming off the bench to end his streak of starts, Bucks star Lillard became the longest consecutive start (regular season + playoffs) of an active player with 832 games. 结果在这个原属于利指导的夜晚，他却打出了十分糟糕的表现，在雄鹿不敌老鹰的比赛中，利拉德投篮12仅中2，三分球8投2中只得到6分4篮板5助攻，另有6次失误，-29正负值全场最低。 如果不是末节垃圾时间刷了个三分，球队追了些劣势，利拉德的账面数据将会愈发难看。
Judging from the process of the game, Lillard did not find his clear position in the Bucks at all, he hesitated on the offensive end, the pass was either broken or mistaken, and the independent score was even more miserable. It's clear that Lillard didn't play the role and value of the Bucks' original stud. Fortunately, this is only the second game of the season, and a star of Lillard's level still has a strong ability to adjust, so let's see if he can quickly rebound.