The excitement surrounding the James Harden acquisition vanished Thursday into a Detroit night. That’s what happens when your perennial All-NBA addition struggles to make shots in an unexplainable 102-94 loss to the lowly Pistons, writes PompeyOnSixers.
The excitement surrounding the James Harden acquisition vanished Thursday into a Detroit night.
On Thursday, the stellar ball movement had all but vanished. Same for the cuts. They was replaced by long stretches of teammates watching Harden do his trademark isolation ball moves: dribbling into step-back three-pointers and searching for fouls while driving the lane and plowing into defenders. He struggled mightily after intermission, missing seven of eight shots. That included going 0-for-5 on three-pointers.
Harden is averaging 22.7 points, 9.6 assists, 7.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals through 16 games with his new team. He did finish with a team-high 32 points in Tuesday’s loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. But with the game on the line, he was held to three points on 1-for-4 shooting in the fourth quarter.Due to offensive shortcomings, Thybulle has to prove each game that he deserves fourth-quarter minutes.
The Harden acquisition was supposed to elevate the Sixers into a legitimate NBA title contender. Yet, the Eastern Conference’s fourth-place squad looks destined for a second-round postseason exit if it advances that far. During the 2018-19 season, the Sixers traded for Jimmy Butler in November 2018 before acquiring Harris at the February 2019 trade deadline. That team didn’t fully figure things out until the second-round playoff series against the Toronto Raptors. It ended up losing to the eventual NBA champion Raptors in seven games.
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