Nba results, New York-Philadelphia 109-125, Harden 29 points and 16 assists

James Harden returns to New York, on the Manhattan side, the city that certainly hasn’t remained in his heart, and at the Garden he gives a show paired with his new Best Friend Forever Joel Embiid. The 76ers (37-23), carried away by the “Big Two”, eventually won 125-109 but the Knicks (25-36) fought and came out with their heads held high. Harden closes with a triple double (29 points, 10 rebounds and 16 assists), while Embiid instead scores 37 points, going to the line 27 times.

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Philadelphia starts with his foot on the accelerator and while defending with approximation, in attack he does what he wants. The meter of a very fiscal backhoe helps Embiid who goes to the line with great frequency, the hosts try to respond with Barrett’s penetrations and Randle’s plays but in the end of the first fraction Harden’s break arrives. The former Nets becomes unstoppable, scores the last eight points of the Philadelphia quarter and drives the Knicks back. In the first fraction, meanwhile, there are 28 free throws. The 76ers with Harden and Embiid on the court are really difficult to contain for these reworked Knicks, also because an excellent Maxey thinks about making an important contribution to the pair of wonders of Philadelphia. New York becomes self-defeating and with its turnover in series opens the door to the lethal counterattack of the visiting team, at the interval so Philadelphia is ahead 65-56. 15 points and 10 assists in the first half for Harden, 20 points, instead for an Embiid who goes to the line 15 times.

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The Knicks have no intention of leaving the Broadway stage to the new Philadelphia dream couple and in the third quarter they bring out their pride and try to defend with discipline. The baskets of an excellent Fournier and the flashes of Quickley then help the cause, slowly so the New York team goes back under to place the sprint in the final of the third period, reaching +1 before. Everything to be redone therefore for the 76ers. Quickley is a ferret, the Knicks also arrive at +3 but Harden thinks to put the guests back in front. The many whistles begin to weigh on the long department in New York: so Thibs with nine minutes from the end finds himself with two longs (Robinson and the rookie Sims) out with six fouls. Fatigue for the reworked Knicks is felt, Embiid attacks the basket and returns to the line. The free players become infinite, the guests register the defense and leave, reaching +8 at 3’30 ” from the siren, Maxey’s triple then definitively closes the accounts.
New York: Barrett 24 (9/19, 0/3, 6/10 tl), Fournier 24 (3/5, 6/11, 0/3 tl), Quickley 21. Rimbalzi: Randle 10. Assist: Randle 7.
Philadelphia: Embiid 37 (7/14, 0/4, 23/27 tl), Harden 29, Maxey 21. Rimbalzi: Harden 10. Assist: Harden 16.