One by one, members of the Philadelphia 76ers took a seat at the table in the visitors' interview room in the bowels of Barclays Center to talk about finishing off a four-game sweep of the Brooklyn Nets in the opening round of the 2023 NBA playoffs. Head coach Doc Rivers, young guard Tyrese Maxey, veteran forward Tobias Harris, live-wire big man Paul Reed — they came in, sat down, praised how hard Brooklyn played and emphasized how important it was to get some time off to recuperate before Round 2, especially with league MVP Joel Embiid nursing a sprained right knee.
FILE -Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden calls to teammates during the first half of Game 5 against the Boston Celtics in the NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals playoff series, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Boston. James Harden might have side-eyed questions, much like he did in a playful reaction to a question in his Houston days, about his future with the Philadelphia 76ers.
“I told myself this year, man, I’m going to go out there and it’s just, I’m all big on sacrifice,” he said. “Whether it's the money or my role — just letting everything go and just sacrificing, and then seeing what it gives me. “I'm not the type of person that’s naïve. I’m a sponge. I listen. And I can go out there and just be, you know, for the betterment of the team. Throughout the entire year, people expect me to be the scoring James Harden — the James Harden that goes out there and gets 40, 50 points. And then people talk: ‘Oh, you can't win like that.’ And then it's like, ‘Well, I’ll go out there and get 20 points and 11 assists.’ And it’s like, ‘Well, he's not the old James Harden no more.
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