Harden gets angry with loss to Celtics and gives ear pull

James Harden didn’t like the display 76ers against the Celtics during the night of last Wednesday, 3. At the opportunity, Boston used the strength of the TD Garden to make a score of 121 to 87 and tie the series at 1 to 1. Considered one of the main players of the Philadelphia team, the point guard did not hide his frustration with the basketball presented by the team as a whole.

At a press conference shortly after the loss to the Celtics, Harden was asked about the difference in performance between rivals compared to game one. According to James, Boston even improved, but it was Philadelphia that was mainly responsible for its defeat in game two of the semifinals of the NBA playoffs. According to the ace, the 76ers lost as a result of their own mistakes.

No. Our appointment was wrong and this is a make-or-miss league. We have to do a better job and know where we are. We can just allow each other room to generate pitches a little easier.“, he explained during the press conference.

Harden was featured in Game 1 of the semifinal between the 76ers and Celtics. On that occasion, ‘Barba’ took on the role of protagonist in the absence of Embiid and reached 45 points. With that, he equaled his best mark in number of points made in a single NBA playoff game. The expectation was that he would continue with the great phase in game two, but that did not happen.

Last Wednesday night, the 3rd, for example, James Harden scored just 12 points and, even so, continued as one of the 76ers’ top scorers in the match. The ace was only behind Embiid, who returned to the team with 15 points and also behind Tobias Harris and Maxey, who had 16 and 13 points respectively.