Even when he gets all the way to the basket now, the 32-year-old is making just 48.1 percent of his driving layups compared to 55.7 percent over the past four seasons. At this point in his career, teams aren’t as intimidated by Harden as they once were. They don’t panic when he’s isolated. Their defense doesn’t need to offer help quite as hard. And now Embiid, Harden’s security blanket since he arrived in Philly, will miss at least two critical playoff games and maybe more. That means the pressure will shift to Harden to pick up the load and carry the Sixers. The question is whether he still has enough juice to pull it off. Harden is self-aware. Whether his decline is due to lingering hamstring issues, conditioning, or just age, he has adjusted his game to his present condition. Harden passes the ball 68 times per game, up more than 15 per game since he was with the Rockets, according to Second Spectrum.