At one point, he hit 5 of 5 three-pointers! Harden scored 30+7+7 in the three quarters and led the team to a victory. Does the Clippers upper limit depend entirely on him?

On October 25, in the NBA regular season, the Clippers defeated the Suns and won their first victory of the new season. The average age of the Clippers' 10-man rotation is as high as 33.1 years old. This lineup was criticized verbally after their debut against the Jazz. However, Tyronn Lue said that he was not worried about this lineup at all. He said that the team needed about 15 games to run in. Unexpectedly, they rebounded in the second game. Under the leadership of Harden, the Clippers set sail again.

The first step for the Clippers was to find the key player James Harden. Harden broke through 2+1 with the ball. Although he hit two consecutive three-pointers, Harden scored 14 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 9 minutes of the first quarter, including 4 of 4 + 2 of 3 three-pointers + 4 of 4 free throws.

In the second quarter, Harden picked up the ball from the ground and immediately hit all three-pointers. Harden hit three more three-pointers in a single quarter and scored 12 points in six minutes of the second quarter. After the first half, Harden made 7 of 8 + 5 of 5 three-pointers + 7 of 7 free throws and scored 26 points. Under Harden's leadership, the Clippers led the Suns by a large score.

Harden's three-point efficiency declined in the third quarter. The Suns attacked hard, and Harden saw that the point difference was already far ahead, so he stopped trying to score points. He gave more ball rights to Leonard because Kawhi was frustrated in the first game, but Bill, who started, still failed to find his form. Harden had already scored 30+7+7 in the third quarter.

In the final quarter, the Clippers let Kawhi continue to lead the team, and Harden rested off the court. Although without Harden's tandem, the Clippers' scoring efficiency dropped a bit, but because the lead difference was large enough, and with Kawhi and Jones as starters, the Suns had no chance to chase points. It was obviously unrealistic for the Suns to reverse the Kings' 20 points like they did in the first show and repeat the game against the Clippers. Kawhi was replaced with 5 minutes left, and the game ended.

In 28 minutes of the third quarter, Harden made 8 of 12, 5 of 7 three-pointers, 9 of 9 free throws, 30 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block. His shooting percentage was 66.7%, his three-point shooting percentage was 71.4%, plus-minus +22. In this game, is Harden worthy of the Clippers' two-year contract extension price of 81.5 million?