Today, the Clippers ushered in another showdown with the Warriors, compared to the previous game, in fact, the Clippers have changed a lot in this game, although in the end the Clippers relied on George's quasi-kill to get through the danger, but the mental state is good, and the record has once again surpassed the Warriors, and now it has not reached the top eight in the West, but it seems that the Clippers seem to have a better future than the Warriors, and Harden's performance in the last 3 games is actually very good.
In today's game, Harden played 35 minutes and 02 seconds and shot 7 of 14, 2 of 7 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, and scored 21 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 steal, with only 1 turnover. So far, in the last three games, Harden has averaged 21 per game7 points 37 rebounds and 73 assists, 51 48 92 percent from three. Although it is a difference from the peak season, but being able to achieve an average of 20+180 clubs per game, Harden has successfully completed the Clippers' expectations and tasks for himself.
So the question is, how to make good use of Harden?It is undeniable that Harden now has a lot of problems, such as the overall decline in defensive ability, in addition to the ability to do without the ball, but even Harden at his peak has these problems, if you want to use Harden well, you must go through the following three methods, the first is to give the ball, whether it is in the Nets or the 76ers, whether Harden has the ball is positively correlated with his scoring data.
For this kind of ball-holding core, the ball must be weighted, Harden is not the same as other ball-holding cores such as James, Harden's athleticism cannot be compared with Zhan Huang, Zhan Huang can score through fast down, air cuts, etc. even without the ball in hand, while Harden can basically only score through fixed-point projection without the ball, but it is obvious that Harden's characteristics are not played out when used in this way.
Second, take advantage of their strengths and make up for their shortcomings;Since you know that Harden needs to have the ball in his hand and his defensive ability is more average, then Tyronn Lue needs to pay more attention to the combination of the lineup when using Harden, according to ** statistics, the efficiency of the Cachoden trio with Mann is higher, and the efficiency value of Cachoden with Wei Shao is negative, so Harden must not appear at the critical moment with Wei Shao at the same time, even if Harden Wei Shao is at his peak, it is not efficient in the Rocket period, and the last loss to the Warriors is also a problem with the final winning lineup.
Third, the distribution of offensive scenes of the Big Three;Tyronn Lue should actually know this point, the division of labor of the Cavaliers Big Three he coached is very clear, James dominates the ball at critical moments, Love has the highest offensive scene in the first quarter, and Irving gives enough room to play, which can also be applied to the Clippers, regular time allows Harden to dominate the ball more, and George and Leonard finish more at critical moments, avoiding the shortcomings of Harden's finishing ability, and at the same time ensuring Cacho's physical fitness at critical moments.
All in all, Harden's current performance with the Clippers is very good, after all, Wei Shao's active bench is only a few games, as the season continues to advance, the Clippers' record and Harden's personal data will definitely improve, for this, I think the Clippers are less worth worrying about than the Warriors, what do you think about this?Feel free to share your views.