On January 22, Beijing time, in today’s NBA regular season, the Nets defeated the Spurs 117-102 on the road. Harden performed well, 37 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists on 13 of 24 three-pointers and 4 of 8. The big triple double.
The Nets have been ups and downs recently, and so is Harden. His offensive efficiency is also ups and downs. In the last game, he only made 30% of his shots, and he missed all five of his three-pointers. In this game, his state is still not good. That’s fine. He failed to make a layup on the first offense. After grabbing a backcourt rebound and making a layup and scoring the first goal, Harden turned on the passing mode, first assisting Irving to hit a three-pointer, and then assisting Edwards Biao. Sharp, who scored a three-pointer and made a pick-and-roll assist, made two free throws after breaking through and made two free throws, and then made a return pass to assist Ade in a mid-range shot.
Harden delivered 4 assists in a single quarter. Harden’s personal offensive efficiency was still not high in the second quarter, but his passing still helped the team well. When the Spurs overtook 4 points, Harden scored twice in a row. After assisting Ade, he played a pass and cut with Ade and made a mid-range shot. His consecutive attack and pass helped the Nets regain the lead. In the following game, although he also had a long pass from the backcourt, Edwards made a mid-range shot to assist and counterattack, but his personal offense was an outrageous three-pointer and missed a layup.
Although Harden scored a 3-pointer in time when the Spurs were leading by 3 points, he failed to make two breakthroughs, and after a pass error was reversed, he responded with a mid-range shot, but again He missed an open three-pointer. Fortunately, before the end of the half, he singled out White and made a strong throw to score 2+1, helping the Nets catch up to 1 point at the end of the half. Throughout the first half, Harden’s personal offense made 5 of 12 shots in pieces, but the passing ball drove his teammates well and sent 7 assists in the half.
In the third quarter, Harden once again assisted Sharp to receive a dunk, but then he failed to score his breakthrough throw, but he quickly broke through and made two free throws. After Keldon Johnson made a three-pointer over his head, Harden first assisted Mills to make a three-pointer, and then counterattacked for a layup. In the middle of the third quarter, Harden missed a layup and broke White’s lip with an elbow. Although the goal was missed, it suddenly made Harden find his form.
After that, he first made a three-pointer, and then broke through the middle of the dragon and sent a one-handed dunk across the defensive Poeltl, and soon he made a breakthrough on the line and changed direction again to score 2+1 against Poeltl. Single-handedly played 8-0 to help the Nets return from a 4-point deficit to a 4-point lead. After that, although there were also assists and Ade made a mid-range shot, but Harden failed to seize the two consecutive three-pointers, and he also committed offensive fouls under the basket, and the breakthrough throws with consecutive crotch dribbles did not score.
When the Spurs caught up to 1 point again, it was Harden’s pass that helped the team again. He assisted Ade at the basket with a delicate touchdown pass to complete the dunk with both hands. After Irving led the team to draw the score at the end, Harden also made a mid-range shot in the mid-section. When the Spurs chased 10 points, Harden grabbed offensive rebounds in the three-person blockade and scored 2+1, not only himself. The triple-double helped the Nets stabilize their lead, and then scored two three-pointers in a row, completely depriving the Spurs of the opportunity to come back, so they could only take the initiative to admit defeat.
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