Rehabilitation of Harden in the playoffs - the core of the team who was deliberately smeared by the public

Harden once again fell in the first round tiebreak. Just like losing to the Celtics in the second round two years ago, Harden once again stood at the forefront. The reputation that the regular season has finally established seems to face the risk of collapse again in an instant.

All kinds of winning shots in the playoffs have dominated the headlines, but people are forgettable. Two years ago, G1 did not have Embiid. Harden scored 45 points in a single nuclear attack. Finally, he made a desperate three-pointer in front of Horford. He scored 42 points again, tied in regular time, won the finals in overtime, and hit the key ball twice, almost dragging Philadelphia to the Eastern Conference Finals.

And such a super personal performance was actually labeled as a shame because of the downturn of the entire G7 team by the media as being unable to play the key battle. How unfair?

All leading a team to win games is not a key battle, just like people just need to eat the last bite of steamed bun to get full, so what they eat before is not as funny as this kind of joke.

There is always only one standard in front of Harden. You must win and have data, otherwise you will be wrong in breathing.

They don't care whether you are injured or not, nor whether you have overdrawn your physical strength in advance to win, and you don't care whether you have to play according to the coach's intentions, or even see whether your teammates can give enough support. They will always have only one: hitting the ball, pulling the ball, and soft balls.

They don't know the importance of Harden's enlightenment coach Pera's burger motivation method to Harden's growth. To make Harden more aggressive, he told Harden that if he could make at least six free throws per game, he would treat Harden to a free lunch, but if Harden fails to complete his goal, he must be punished: perform sprint running training. It is this kind of training that has allowed Harden to learn to observe the defender's footsteps and hand movements in advance, gain more flexible steps, actively find the ability to confront each other, and understand the rules. Of course, this also contains infinite respect for his mentor Pera.

They wouldn't know that their words were in the top fifteen in the total score list of the playoffs, and each of the names ahead of him was a well-known figure in basketball history.

They would not know that the so-called Soft Dog Deng has won 8 finals in his career, far more than the number of times they used to criticize Harden.

They can only deliberately choose to ignore the nature of basketball as a team sport. They vent their dissatisfaction with life on some failed players to cover up their failures, and they entrusted their unwillingness to life on some successful players to demonstrate their success. This is the most important reason why Harden is black. Many of them have not even watched Harden play a game in full, and many of them may even have heard of Harden's name for the first time, and they joined the army of the black Harden. They just want to vent their emotions.

What is the difference between them and Mr. Lu Xun's writings, Hua Laoshuan, who attempts to "eat human blood buns" to cure children?

Tragedy destroys the valuable things in life to people.

Looking at Harden's career, he can be regarded as a true tragic hero. His career has had highlights, but he is rarely fully recognized. He is constantly improving himself but constantly experiencing team failures. And every failure of his has left countless topics of conversation. Below, I will make an objective evaluation of Harden's personal technical style, team role, and how he plays the playoffs by comparing Harden's playoff data this season.

Let's first make a comprehensive analysis of Harden's technical characteristics. The number of touches is 82.6, the time of touches is 5.88, the number of dribblings is 5.05, and the time of holding the ball is 8.1, all of which are at the forefront of the league. It is a typical way of playing with a large ball.

Harden's 58% shot within 18 to 7 seconds, 48% hit rate (first organization time 18-12, second organization time 12-7) 18% shot in the last 4 seconds strong resolution stage, 38.9% hit rate

Harden's 61% shot requires 3-6 balls, which is a rhythmic player, 58.1% hit rate

Harden's 70.4% shot in close proximity (someone defends within 2-4 steps), 35.3% hit rate

20% shot in half space (with defense within 4-6 steps ), 42.9% hit rate is the key target of the opponent's tight defense

Harden's 62.7% shots After 6 seconds of receiving the ball, he hits 37.3% hit rate. The organization of a ball-holding player is crucial to the team's offense. Harden's number of passes, assists, potential assists, second assists, and adjusted assists in the playoffs, and the assists have been improved compared to the regular season. Under the completely unconventional tactical arrangement of the G5 team, he can still play such efficient organizational data, which shows the degree of dependence on Harden in the playoffs.

G1 Harden held the ball and observed it and found that Zuba was misplaced in the penalty area. He immediately hung high and crossed Murray's head. Zuba received the ball and dunked it.

G2 Hazu broke up, Harden passed it to Zubac in the inside, and Zubac immediately passed it to Zubac in the outside world. Zubac made a three-pointer, which is a typical second assist case.

G2 Harden passed to the fast break's kid in the first time, and passed the ball in a very accurate 4-point pass;

G7 Harden made a long pass in the backcourt, Dunn failed to make an empty basket, typical Harden's potential assist

, and G5's crushing defeat is the best negative textbook.

Harden's 15 pick-and-roll is the team's first tactic (18-12). Other players use pick-and-roll to perform axle counter-run, and find an opportunity to cut the gap. Harden uses Zuba's cover to break directly into the inside line, facing the teacher's layup, starts in 18 seconds, and ends in 14 seconds..

G7 Hazu's file was dismantled, Harden was double-teamed, Zubac took the free throw line, received Harden's pass, scored a throw, started in 16 seconds, ended in 14 seconds,

G7 Harden Zuba picked and roll, Harden was double-teamed in a high position, Zubac took the pass, received Harden's pass, and scored a throw. 19 seconds to end with a 17-second start;

when there is no good chance, enter the team's second tactics (12-7), a second pick-and-roll, or seek a strong singles opportunity.

G3 Hazu picked and roll, Harden used Zubac's cover to break through Gordon's defense, entered the penalty area, scored 2➞1, started in 12 seconds, and ended in 9 seconds.

G7 Hazu picked and rolled the ball, Harden held the ball, Zuba went down, Batum strongly met the second pass from the top of the side arc, and made a three-pointer to the small club in the open position. Start in 13 seconds and shoot in 11 seconds.

When the tactic is launched completely, entering the strong solution stage (0-4) Harden's step back or the small card's top middle distance is the final killer weapon.

G2 Harden used Dunn to cover the screen in the last 3 seconds to make a strong three-pointer

Harden launched 5.7 pick-and-rolls in the playoffs, with 1.1 points each time, which is very efficient and can directly hit the defensive weaknesses of the Nuggets' inside. At the beginning of the Nuggets G3, in order to destroy the offensive method that hurts the most, they began to adopt radical defensive strategies. As long as Harden picks and rolls, he immediately double-teams at the high position to force Harden to pass the ball, allowing the others to defeat the defense 4-on-3, which hit the weak spot of the Clippers' offense and lacks the second ball holding point. The Clippers' offense began to stagnate, with more singles, and lost contact between inside and outside, so they could only gamble on the role player's three-pointer feel again and again. It completely destroyed the Clippers' offensive logic. Harden's pick-and-rolls number has decreased compared to the regular season. The biggest offensive weapon against the Nuggets was limited by defense. In the whole 4 games, the Bass did not find a way to add a ball-holding point (Borgdan) to crack the weak side. Instead, they used various strange Powell's ball-holding, small card-holding, and Harden's breakthrough to solve the problem, fundamentally shaking the Clippers' offensive system. Reduced offensive efficiency.

Because of Zubac's existence, you must make good use of this traditional big center and let him play a huge role in both offense and defense in order to drive the entire team. The only starting style around the traditional big center is gear removal.

G4 Hazu picked and roll, Harden was double-teamed at a high position, passed to Zubac, Zubac made the axle, Xiao Ka cut into the penalty area, Zubac assisted, Xiao Karao laid out to 2➕1.

Let's look at another aspect of the Clippers' dependence on Harden: breakout

Harden broke through 14.6 times in the playoffs, scored 9 points, 5.3 points, 1.9 assists, and 52.2% shooting percentage, which are all higher than the regular season. Harden's breakthrough can create opportunities for his teammates and attack the opponent's weak inside defense. Those who say Harden is not capable can take a good look at the data before speaking.

Harden G1 broke through Murray one-on-one in overtime, faced with a teacher in the inside, scored a score;

Harden G1 broke through Braun, faced with a teacher in the inside, dragged the game into overtime

G4 Harden broke through Murray, found an open position in the bottom corner, and Powell made a three-pointer;

G5 Harden easily broke through Braun, scored a score

The Nuggets faced Harden's breakthrough, and took Braun to lead the defense and physical confrontation at halftime, defending Harden to the right, otherwise Harden would easily take a single step back, and Harden broke through the weak side and double-teamed. There are still many 32 joint defenses after G6 (the main function is to limit breakthroughs) to limit Harden's breakthroughs in the round. Brothers who say Harden doesn’t play can take a good look at the targeted nature of the Nuggets’ defense. In this case, unless you have the super three-pointer feel of Edwards' occasional highlights, it will be as difficult as the Warriors defended him yesterday. It is rare that Harden can still play beyond the regular season level under such defensive treatment.

We last looked at Harden's singles, which is where Harden's biggest decline in the playoffs. The number of singles is 7.3, the singles score is 6.3, each single is 0.86, and the singles fouls of 15.7 are all lower than the regular season.

Harden G1 faced Potter's single defense, and he dribbled the ball and knocked Potter down, but unfortunately he failed to make a three-pointer in the dragon position.

Harden G1 retreated and knocked down Braun, made a buzzer-beating three-pointer

Harden G6 singles Braun made a three-pointer;

Harden faced Teacher Yo, Braun made a three-pointer at the top of the arc, but in terms of overall production efficiency, he is still one of the five best singles players in the league. It is also completely understandable to face a more difficult defense (targeted and foul-free) decline. After all, he is no longer the peak self. The excessive consumption of the regular season and the high playing time in the playoffs also exhausted Harden. It is already very lucky to not get injured due to accumulated fatigue in the game. Compared with the 2009 two-player Curry, who still suffered from fatigue-induced hamstring injuries while playing less time than Harden.

After watching the offensive end, let's look at the defensive end, the excellent one-on-one defender, Harden averaged 13.7 one-on-one defense per game, allowing the opponent to shoot 6.9 goals, 50% shooting percentage, and a counter-reserve reduction rate of -2.1, ranking fifth in the team after Kat, Bogdan, Simmons and Zubac. Among them, there were 3.1 three-pointers, the reserve requirement ratio was reduced by -5.3, and the two-pointers were 10.3, and the reserve requirement ratio was reduced by -2.4.

Downturn in defensive rebounds

Faced with the larger Nuggets, the overall rebounding rate of the Clippers has declined across the board. Harden averaged 4.9 (5.1) defensive rebounds, 0.4 (0.9) against rebounds, and 8.6 (7.6) in terms of rebound protection, especially against rebounds, has a significant decline..

Broken hat-breaking master

Harden averaged 1.3 steals per game in the playoffs (the team first), steal rate of 20.5%, blocked once (the team second), blocked 16.7%

G4 Harden's big hat Potter;

G4 Harden steals to help Simmons counterattack;

To sum up:

Harden led the team to the top with better breakthrough, organization, and pick-and-roll efficiency in the playoffs In seven games, although defensive efficiency, rebounds, and individual singles scores have declined, it is not easy for a 35z-year-old veteran who is the first in the team in playing time. As an engine that controls the offense of the whole team and takes into account certain defense, when the team does not arrange for the second ball holding point to launch an offense, his most important role is to let the team launch according to tactics, find the first and second organization opportunities, and finally take over the non-tactical round. Similar to Warriors Green≞Butler's two-player effect. And at the most difficult moment of the game, the Clippers' savior should be Xiao Ka, not Harden who did too much. Those who accuse Harden of not playing singles at the G7 did not understand the Clippers' offensive logic and the basic basketball knowledge they should have. Basketball is always a team game. Only when the team plays well can the stars appear at critical moments. Just like the Knicks' final comeback today. The Clippers G7 lost because the role player's lack of response ability and 15 was cracked, and the Clippers' second tactics were not prepared for the Clippers' second tactics.

Harden's efficiency in both offense and defense in the playoffs is still at the top level in the league, so those so-called black Harden's words are naturally self-defeating.

is written at the end. This article aims to speak with data and facts. We can accept failure calmly, but we will definitely not allow some people to slander for no reason.