The 76ers may be locked into their playoff spot in the East, but pride is still on the line in this national broadcast game with the Heat. However, bballgodsblog's NBA betting picks think James Harden will fail to live up to the moment.
might ultimately prove just as decisive. Because while one can expect that Embiid will come through in the playoffs, Harden has a lot of work to do to win over skeptics and get Philadelphia where they want to go.
Harden has been rightly praised for his work as a playmaker in Doc Rivers' offense this season, and the naysayers who thought his career was over following a desultory close to the playoffs last season were emphatically proven wrong. Harden had an argument as the biggest snub to the All-Star team this season, and has a strong case to make third-team All-NBA.
But that does not mean this is the same old Houston Rockets Harden. Hell, this isn’t even the Brooklyn Nets Harden. Harden has done as fine a job in gracefully transitioning to a supplementary star role as anyone could have asked, but the physical changes to his game are now undeniable. Only 25% of Harden’s shot attempts are coming at the rim this season , by far a career low, and an indication that the physical decline is well underway.
Harden now has more trouble getting separation than at any prior point in his career. While he’s still in the upper echelon of isolation scoring efficiency , he’s forced to pick his spots in ways he wasn’t before. It was against this veryteam that he turned into a pumpkin at the end of last playoffs after all, and though that was in part due to injury, he isn’t the first All-NBA guard that the Heat have taken out of the game with their combination of physicality, switching, and ball-denial.
Harden is averaging 16.6 points over his last 10 games, and has eclipsed 20 points in only three of those 10. With Miami among the best in the game at forcing opposing guards into uncomfortable positions , I like this Under more than any other bet on the board.: Covers may receive advertising commissions for visits to a sportsbook or betting site
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