[Guide] News on April 22, In today’s Rockets 111-99 victory over the Mavericks, James-
Harden faced off against Rajon Rondo and completely blew him away.
In today’s game, Harden is completely in the state of MVP. Whether it is his scoring, organization or defense, he is impeccable.
Harden scored 24 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds. His total assists in the playoffs surpassed three Hall of Famers today.
Harden has 219 assists in the playoffs
After today’s game, Harden’s assists in the playoffs reached 219, surpassing the three Hall of Famers Jerry Lucas, Ricky Gullin, and Tom Heinsohn, ranking 178th in history.
However, for Harden, there is still a long way to go to achieve a qualitative breakthrough in the playoff assists list.
The NBA’s historical playoff assists leader is “Magic” Johnson. He sent a total of 2,346 assists, and Harden is less than a fraction of him.
Harden had a wonderful assist today, showing his many advantages.
At 5 minutes and 58 seconds into the second quarter, after Harden steals Barea, he and Trevor Ariza run wildly forward. Harden is slightly faster than Ariza. He could have won the ball and rushed directly to the
Slam dunk.
Instead, he flicked the ball and gave Ariza the chance to slam dunk.
Harden said in an interview before today’s game that if he had to choose between scoring 50 points and a triple-double, he would rather have a triple-double than 50 points.
The reason is simple. 50 points can show the value of a player, but it will also take up a lot of shots, preventing teammates from participating in the offense too much. At most, I can be regarded as a lone hero.
A triple-double is different. With 10 assists, your teammates can score at least 20 points.
Harden’s personal offense today was also very good, completely blowing Rondo off.
After losing Game 1, the Mavericks studied the Rockets further, studying Harden and Dwight Howard.
In today’s game, the Mavericks asked Rajon Rondo to defend Harden, trying to limit Harden with Rondo’s wingspan and movement speed.
But Harden fouled Rondo 3 times, and Rondo only played 10 minutes.
Other players came to defend Harden, but it was still ineffective.
At 3 minutes and 21 seconds into the second quarter, Harden broke through with the ball and first passed Monta Ellis.
Ellis shouted anxiously, commanding Charlie Villanueva in front to make up for it.
Villanueva quickly stood still, trying to draw an offensive foul from Harden.
In the process of running wildly, Harden suddenly took a European step and moved to the left, causing Villanueva to foul the shot.
In this breakthrough, as long as Harden moved a little slower, it was an offensive foul, and the result was completely different.
On Harden’s next drive, he passed three Mavs players in a row, first Barea, then Tyson Chandler, and finally Dirk Nowitzki, before completing a layup.
When Dirk went to pick up the ball and serve it, he looked very helpless.