29 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists, grabbed the tenth rebound in the last 5 minutes and 29 seconds of the game, and completed the eighth big three of the season. This is the first time James Harden has returned to the Rockets’ home game Toyota Center after being traded to the Nets. Transcript of the time. Strictly speaking, the number of 29 points is not too exaggerated, and he has also made the most eight turnovers in a single game in the past one and a half months. However, during the game, Rockets fans who were on the scene or watched the broadcast should all believe it. , This is the Harden performance that they are familiar with and have shouted for.
When the Rockets get close to the score, Harden will take over the game. His tentative steps are the same as before, and his shots are still lightning fast. In any case, he will always find a way to get the ball into the basket, sometimes by himself. Sometimes it was handed over to teammates. Although not as powerful as the previous 15 assists and zero turnovers, it is a masterpiece that can increase the average number of assists a little bit. After the storm in various teapots in the pre-season, Harden still wore the Rockets jersey. It is still a data monster, and in 31 games so far this season, he has sent a total of 345 assists, an average of 11.1 times is still the current league’s assists king.
What a MOVE & FINISH by the BEARD!#NETSonYES LIVE https://t.co/cp4W13P5CQ pic.twitter.com/0FDYHMN0Yu
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) March 4, 2021
James Harden is still James Harden. In terms of personal skills, James Harden is definitely the top star of today.
It is precisely because he is so extraordinary that when the Rockets had a storm before the season and Harden seemed to have to go, all walks of life believed that this would be a deal that would shock the entire league and affect the strengths and weaknesses of the league. The Rockets would directly get from the deal because of this deal. The playoff competition has become a spoiler at most (of course, it looks like the situation may be worse now), and the Nets will immediately become the favorites to win the championship because of the Big Three, or at least make them have to fight for the championship as their only goal.
In any case, the transaction is completed and the Harden era of the Rockets is over, and this morning in Taiwan time, the Houston Toyota Center is about to welcome Harden. Perhaps because of the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic, there will be no full audience and there will be less cheers. Sounds or boos, but the Rockets still greeted their old teammates in the warmest way, playing a tribute video during the first quarter pause, and Harden also came forward to pay tribute, just like those who have contributed to the team in the past have received the same warmth.
In the Rockets era, Harden scored a total of 18,365 points, second in queuing history, second only to Hakeem Olajuwon, with 4,796 assists, the first in team history, with an average of 29.6 points and the highest average score of all Rockets players, with a PER of 26.6 , 0.240 WS/48, 88.1 Off WS, are the highest in Rockets history, and he won the Most Valuable Player of the Year in 2018, and is also the third Rockets player to win the MVP after Moses Malone and Olajuwon. And when the Golden State Warriors began to call the wind and rain in 2015, and even after the Kevin Durant who fell from the sky in 2016, the 2019 championship game was due to the Warriors encountering major injuries and losing to the Tyrannosaurus, which means that the main force in “KD Brave” is normal During the three years of the period, there was only the 2018 Western Conference Championship, and only the Rockets led by Harden, Chris Paul and Mike D’Antoni. Seven battles.
It is definitely not an exaggeration to call the rockets from 2012 to 2020 the “Harden Era”. This is also true. Before Harden returned to Houston, Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta was expected to retire Harden’s No. 13 jersey. If it is true, this will be the seventh player to retire in Rockets history. Judging from Harden’s contribution to the Rockets over the past eight years, such an honor is well-deserved.
New #Rockets at #TXSN – Rockets will retire James Harden’s No. 13 https://t.co/b2mpDTYIVX
– Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) March 2, 2021
Harden’s turmoil before the season may have made many people look down on it. If according to the original news, various non-compliance with the team’s epidemic prevention regulations during the pre-season warm-up match, quarrels with teammates during practice, and high-level contract renewals. He directly refused and bluntly said “trade me to the Nets” and so on. They all seemed to show that he was difficult to deal with before leaving the Rockets, showing his face, etc., but on the day Harden returned to Houston, he There is a revelation that everything is not what the media exposed at the time.
According to an article in the Blecher Report, all the Rockets’ collapse started with the departure of Director Daryl Morey, and Harden, seeing Morey leave, believed that the team had lost the “team culture” he had seen in the past eight years. In fact, the Rockets and the Nets did not complete the deal in mid-January. As early as the middle of November two months ago, when the warm-up match had not even started, the Rockets had actually negotiated a deal with the Nets, and Harden also Tell Westbrook that he will leave the Rockets. Westbrook, who joined the Rockets because of Harden’s invitation, made a request for the transaction. It was also because Harden knew that the transaction would be completed. He spent most of November with Kevin Durant. Therefore, The so-called “not participating in rocket training” behavior.
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