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The Battle of Tianwang Mountain once again proves that Harden cannot achieve his personal peak! Character flaws are fatal shortcomings

5:09am, 7 May 2025Basketball

has followed Harden for 12 seasons. From the peak Rockets to the current Clippers, from a green boy to a gray temple. Never leave. The reason I like Harden is that Harden's gentle personality is different from that of ordinary Westerners who are slightly ostentatious. It is more easily accepted by the Chinese. More like a big boy next door. Especially Harden's gentle personality also contains the simple, kind and innocent love that Chinese people have in their bones.

However, this personality is often bullied and discriminated against in competitive sports, especially in the fierce NBA arena. The super high ball quotient and IQ have made Harden reach a height that ordinary players cannot reach. However, the introvert and dislike of arguments made it difficult for Harden to achieve the highest honor of a professional player. Especially in the NBA arena, Harden is more like the "mama's boy" that Chinese people often call now. In good times, he can call the wind and rain on the court, but when he encounters adversity, he seems to be isolated and helpless. The helpless look on the court, looking for a low mood of complaints, makes the fans feel deeply helpless while feeling deeply helpless. Harden is like a child who encounters "bullying" outside, but cannot find the protection of his parents. He can only vent his anger by "abandoning the can" method. Harden was full of enthusiasm in the first game of the playoffs, showing his determination with a perfect performance of 30+, although he was also punished by the referee in that game. But after all, it's just a new beginning.

In the subsequent games, as a veteran of the NBA field for 16 years, he seemed to smell the different smell of the league. Leonard's wonderful performance in G2 made Harden finally find his emotional support. During the dark days when he led the team alone in the regular season, the painful memories, as Leonard recovered, Harden finally let go of his psychological burden and found support. So Harden completely relaxed. The efficient performance of the

G3 teammates made the smart Harden mistakenly think that his good days have finally come. Although the referee is still partial and unfair, under the cover of the team's wonderful performance, these unfavorable factors do not seem to have had much impact on Harden. Harden is also even more relaxed with himself. In the

G4, in the face of the referee's increasing punishment standards, Harden completely became imbalanced. And at this moment, the teammates performed poorly again. Faced with the unfavorable pressure of the referee and his teammates, Harden finally couldn't suppress his emotions as naive as an angry child, clashing with the Nuggets on the court, and even waved his weak fist for the first time in his life. Facing the Nuggets' furious Gordon, Harden's mentality completely collapsed. Especially on the court, he did not receive support from his teammates, so he could only go forward and persuade Zubac and Powell to hold on to his opponents. This completely killed Harden's already sensitive heart.

So in the Battle of Tianwang Mountain in G5, Harden once again started the struggle with his weak power. Faced with the referee's injustice, watching his teammates and himself being fouled again and again, and watching Leonard lose his bloody lips due to altitude sickness, so he mechanically defended Gordon and consumed Jokic according to the coach's intentions. At this time, Harden had completely lost his initiative and no longer actively led his teammates to fight, and responded to the game passively. Like an angry child, he completely closed his heart and treated the game negatively. I just hope the game ends soon, and the outcome has nothing to do with me.

This is the real reason why Harden has always been named "Rapden". Psychological immaturity cannot bear more psychological pressure. Both the best player in the 2009, Curry won honors and heights that Harden could not reach, which is the most fundamental reason for the differences in personality. Look at Curry on the playoffs. Faced with unfair punishment, he shrugged indifferently, pointed his hand at his teammate and then pointed at himself and told him that this was normal and unrelated. This is the temperament of a leader. Look at the Knicks's Brunson was knocked down again and again, and got up again and again to continue leading his teammates to fight. Look at James, look at Butler... There is no gap in ability, the difference is a courageous and champion heart.

Harden is already excellent enough and really does his best. But the personality cannot be changed. Good luck to Harden! Support Harden as always! If you like him, you have to accept everything about him. I wish all the fans who like Harden as always!

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