Harden once again teased the "Welcome to the NBA" 19-year-old champion enjoyed James Yao Ming shark treatment
In the rematch between the Clippers and the Spurs, Harden once again played Wembanyama and staged a classic teaching, and the Clippers also beat the Spurs 109-102 and ushered in three consecutive wins.
After Harden suffered a five-game losing streak on behalf of the Clippers, he finally found his rhythm, but in two consecutive games with the Spurs, what ignited social media was not the Clippers' two consecutive wins and three consecutive wins, but the two crazy moments when Harden played Wembanyama.
Wembanyama often went to the 3-point line to wrap up or defend Harden alone, and against Wembanyama, a 19-year-old French champion who was considered a Rookie of the Year candidate, Harden put all his moves on the kid.
Fans mocked Wemban for being cooked by Harden
Soon after the opening of the rematch, Harden faced the 2.24-meter Wembanyama near the 45-degree three-point line on the left side, Harden first dribbled under the crotch of a streetball juggling style, and then pretended to break through, Wembanyama kept retreating, but Harden suddenly changed his rhythm, a back dribble and stepped back, and shot on the shot, the American media said that Wemban's head was dizzy, and Harden hit it directly, which is a typical "child, welcome to the NBA" sign.
Harden played Wenban in two consecutive games, which caused a reaction from fans, and once again became today's Internet celebrity, one fan said: The best rookie candidate was cooked by the out-of-shape, carefree Harden. Of course, the fans' comments also come from Harden's classic "cooking gestures", and the beard really played the role of a chef in these two games against the Spurs.
However, this comment also caused other fans to lash out at Wembanyama's defense: Wembanyama was kite-flyed, Wemban's outrage!
One fan even called Wembanyama the NBA's most overrated player.
In fact, Wembanyama played well in this game, contributing 22 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks in 32 minutes. The efficiency was also good, with 7-of-13 shooting, 1-of-2 3-pointers, 7-of-7 free throws, and only 2 turnovers.
Harden played 36 minutes in this game, 24 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, kawaii 26 points, George 24 points, 8 rebounds, and Willis 8+6+7.
O'Neill Yao Ming Zhan Huang's treatment
In fact, some American media pointed out that when you are a high-regarded rookie in the NBA, or any young person with superstar potential, the veterans will attack you in any way. You only have to think about James as a rookie, his teammates who made him run errands and carry bags, or the treatment O'Neal suffered at the 1994 All-Star Game, and he only scored 8 points in the end.
Sometimes, it is true that the veterans beat the young people very easily, Yao Ming has also been treated like this, and everyone knows what Marbury, Nate Robinson and others have done, this is the arena, everyone wants to educate the best newcomers, and even to challenge the strongest established superstar in the league, to make himself famous quickly, the good thing is that Yao Ming also relied on his own real guns, in the round of Yao shark duels, plus later faced Howard, Chandler and other center forwards suppressed the opponent one by one with real swords and real guns. Including O'Neill, who later was also the most famous for bullying young people.
Back to the topic of newcomers, rookies have just entered the NBA and have been praised hugely, so veterans will inevitably have to "welcome children to the NBA", of course, Wembanyama is not a fuel-efficient lamp, including every rookie who wants to play his own era in the NBA, this is what they must face, this group of children has never stopped grabbing power, Wembanyama and other 7 rookies will challenge James by name after the draft, Wembanyama also said that the new season will be separated from James.
But now, he has to face another "James" problem first, and other veterans will follow Harden's lead and find a way to attack him when facing Wembanyama.