Live broadcast, April 21 -nba playoffs, 76ers beat basketable Nets 102-97.
In the third quarter of the game, Harden hit O’Neal’s crotch in the fengshui ball breakthrough and was expelled by a second-level malicious foul.
After the game, Harden was interviewed by reporters. When talking about being expelled, Harden said: “It is unacceptable to give me a second-level malicious foul. I am not a dirty player, I didn’t mean to touch his private part, which was a natural basketball reaction. Besides, I didn’t work hard, so he fell down so exaggerated.”
“This kind of thing is unacceptable. This is the playoffs. There are many scenes in the league that are more explosive than this. To be honest, I don’t even think this is a foul.”
In this game, the 76-player star Harden started for 29 minutes, shooting 8 out of 15, including 3 out of 3-point goals, 2 out of 3 free throws, getting 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, positive and negative values-15.