The 118-114 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night marked nine games in a Sixers uniform for James Harden. The team is 7-2 in those games and 4-2 against playoff teams. They took a couple of bad losses against the Brooklyn Nets and the Denver Nuggets, but, overall, they have been good.
Through the first eight games with Philadelphia, Harden averaged 23.0 points, 10.5 assists, and 7.4 rebounds. He shot 43.2% from the floor and 39.2% from deep. Against the Cavs, he scored 21 points on 5-for-12 shooting with 11 assists and he had nine points in the fourth quarter. He did a lot of really good things for the Sixers to get a win.
Afterward, Harden assessed his first nine games with the Sixers.