As we all know, James Harden has been considered a superstar in the league for the past few years, and the specific performance is that no matter what lineup the team gives him, what kind of injuries the team suffers, he can single-handedly cut high scores on the court and eventually lead the team to the playoffs. So, he's been in discussions with MVP-level players almost every season, but there's also his bad side behind that, which is his cheating fouls and cheating free throws.
You can often see that in games with bad hands, Harden often plays 1 of 10, 3 of 20 but can still get 20+ or even 30+ points, which are derived from his cheating free throws. Many fans are also very dissatisfied with his behavior, but he himself does not care, he only wants to win the game, after eating the dividends of the past few years, Harden's punishment has finally come, before the start of the season, the league introduced new regulations to limit the cheating and fouling of Harden, Doncic, Trae Young and other players.
I thought Harden could study the rules thoroughly, the new season is still unaffected, did not expect that harden at the beginning of the season appeared in its original form, his average score per game and the number of free throws per game plummeted, in today's game against the Hornets, he only won 1 free throw, which in his past few years, it is impossible to imagine, but now this is really happening. Today he scored just 15 points on 6-of-16 shooting, and while he scored eight assists, he also made eight turnovers.
Such data is unimaginable for a player of this level, and you can say that he did not perform well in this game. But from the beginning of the season to the present, many fans have found that the current Harden seems to be unable to play, he can not find his own position on the court, lost, if this still depends on Durant, then this year's Nets are still not far away.
After the game, Harden was still excusing himself when talking about this issue, saying that he was limited by the referee's decision, and the inherent impression led to many fouls not being blown. This is really in response to that sentence, the tide fades, only to know who is swimming naked, the league's new rules are made for people like him, if she still does not want to change, drill the horns, then this year the Nets want to win the championship is delusional.