Is Harden qualified for 18.7 points and 9.1 assists in the first round? The poor score of Tianwangshan and the 7th are indelible.

In the 2025 playoffs, Harden played 7 games, averaging 39.3 minutes per game, scoring 18.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 9.1 assists, and shooting percentage of 43.6%.

How is this behavior?

assists are really good, with 0.4 more times than the regular season. But the scoring item was a bit unsuccessful, 4.1 points less than the regular season.

Compared with Curry, he is also a veteran, and Curry is even older than Harden. Although people are often teased about 2-point pants, they contributed 24.3 points in 6 games this year's playoffs, which is not much different from the regular season data.

Harden was criticized, but not only because the overall data was unsatisfactory, but because the performance of the key game was often pulled.

When the Clippers were tied 2-2 by the Nuggets, every remaining game was a key game. However, in the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, Harden made 9 shots and scored 11 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and made 2 of 8 goals in the tiebreak, scoring only 7 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists. As a superstar, playing a good game occasionally isn't enough.

We always say that the playoffs are the stage to test the value of stars. Generally, a veritable superstar will not perform seriously when the defensive intensity in the playoffs, and it will not decline seriously, even better than the regular season. But Harden is really hard to describe in this regard.

This is not only this season, but also the whole career:

averaged 24.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game in the regular season. In the playoffs, the data was 22.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists, a drop in all aspects.

Harden is already at the end of his career at the age of 35. How should he make a decision?

If he continues to pursue the championship as the leader, it will always feel more and more difficult.

But can he put down his figure and win the championship with a role player?