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Is There a Good Defensive Strategy for Nikola Jokic? Plus, Harden Puts the Celtics in a Blender | The Answer

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James Harden's Effective Field Goal Percentage

James Harden's effective field goal percentage in this game was 68.3 that was 22.4% above his expectedeffective field goal percentage based on the shots he took and how closely they were contested. Malcolm Brogdon is the single best James Harden defender we've known this pretty much the entire regular season I don't know why it wasn't the first adjustment that was made. The 76ers won shot at the rim in the half one shot at the Rim and the half okay everyone's got that right  was wild he was when he crossed uh uh Jaylen Brown around the free throw line and and got all the way to the rim.

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