Harden had a packed house in a frenzy from the moment he was introduced as “making his Philadelphia home debut,” then flashed his MVP-form with 26 points, nine assists and nine rebounds to lead the 76ers to a 123-108 win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.
James Harden, the 10-time All-Star guard acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers at the trade deadline, made his Wells Fargo Center debut on Wednesday.Harden had a packed house in a frenzy from the moment he was introduced as "making his Philadelphia home debut," then flashed his MVP-form with 26 points, nine assists and nine rebounds to lead the 76ers to a 123-108 win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.But the night belonged to the Beard.
Harden needed time to warm up to the new digs. His first points came with 5:32 left in the first quarter on, naturally, an and-1 conversion. He followed that with, yup, his step-back 3 to give him five fast points.Sixers fans flocked to the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday excited for the Philadelphia debut of James Harden.
Harden expected his debut would be "turnt" and was it ever; Philly’s hype for the new arrival rivaled the anticipated first games over the last 25 years of Terrell Owens and Bryce Harper . The Wells Fargo Center was jammed with 21,333 fans and tickets for a top seat -- not far off from rapper Meek Mill’s courtside view -- were sold for thousands on the secondary market.The masks came off -- and the beards went on.
"I do the same job, the same work. It’s just that more people notice," he said before the game. "I think when you get a guy like James and Joel together with what we have, with all of our other guys, our guys sense it, too. Not the hoopla, though. It’s that they have a real shot. You don’t get many of these."
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