With 41 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists, Harden dreamed of returning to the top! Tyronn Lue repeatedly broke his promise and had no choice but to take the blame for three people.

With a blast of 41 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 blocks, the 36-year-old Harden dreams of returning to his peak! The Clippers struggled to end their 6-game losing streak in double overtime. Coach Tyronn Lue repeatedly broke his promises and had no choice but to take the blame for three people.

The Clippers struggled to end their 6-game losing streak.

After losing to the Nuggets in the previous game, the Clippers, who had lost 6 games in a row, faced the Mavericks in the Cup. In the end, the two teams in the same poor condition fought hard until double overtime to decide the winner. The Clippers ended their 6-game losing streak with a difficult victory of 133-127.

The 36-year-old Harden turned into a lone hero and dreamed of returning to the top. He scored 41 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 blocks before leading the team to end the long losing streak. Coach Tyronn Lue broke his promise again, but he had no choice but to take the blame for three people again.

Harden dreams of returning to his peak

Harden made 13 of 25 in the game and 6 of 12 three-pointers. With an extremely efficient offensive performance, Harden scored 41 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks for a super triple-double.

With this performance, the 36-year-old Harden became the oldest player in NBA history to score 40+ triple-doubles, and also became the first player in the history of the Clippers to score 40+ triple-doubles.

This game is the 17th time in Harden's career that he has delivered a 40+ triple-double. He continues to rank second in NBA history, and is still 5 times away from the first Big O.

After turning 30, Harden has scored 40+ points in a single game 29 times, continuing to rank fifth in NBA history, only one game behind Kobe, who is fourth.

At the same time, this game is Harden's second 40+ triple-double in four and a half years. The last time was back in his first year with the Nets. At that time, Harden had just left the Rockets and had not yet suffered from hamstring injuries. Therefore, scoring 40+ triple-double again in this game is a real dream return to the top.

Tyronn Lue is the man who forced Harden to hand over such exaggerated statistical performance. In this game, he broke his promise again. In double overtime, the 36-year-old Harden struggled to set a career regular season high of 51 minutes and 03 seconds.

Tyronn Lue has been asked about Harden's playing time many times before. During this period, he publicly stated many times that he would reduce Harden's playing time. He even vowed: "Although Harden is very eager to play and compete, my responsibility is to ensure that he will not overuse it." "

As a result, Harden has averaged 35.9 minutes per game, ranking eighth in the league. No player ahead of Harden is over 30 years old, and the oldest one is 27-year-old Reeves.

Coupled with the slow adjustment and on-the-spot response since the beginning of the season, Tyronn Lue has been at the forefront of public opinion. However, the fact is that the problem is not all caused by Tyronn Lue. He has also taken the blame for the other three people.

The first one to bear the brunt is Kaka. After this game, Kaka has missed 6 consecutive games due to injury, and no clear time point for his return has been given.

This is also the epitome of his Clippers career. As the absolute core and first player of the Clippers, Kawhi has missed 212 games since joining the Clippers, with a truce rate of nearly 44%.

The second is the much-anticipated new aid Bill. As a giant player with a maximum salary contract last season and the right to veto trades, his secrets were completely exposed after joining the Clippers this season.

His average data dropped to 8 points and 1.6 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was as low as 37.5%. At the same time, his injury problem is as serious as that of Kawhi, and he has been reimbursed for the season due to injury.

Tyronn Lue has made it clear before that all the team's tactics revolve around Kawhi, Beal and Harden. So when the other two are not playing, Tyronn Lue can only use Harden for a long time.

Finally, there is Frank, the general manager of the Clippers. From letting SGA go to create the two giants of Kawhi Kawhi and George, to becoming a big winner every offseason but quickly revealing his secrets after the season started, Frank always likes to pursue stars whose reputation is greater than their substance, and time and time again builds lineups that look bluffing on paper but are actually uncompetitive.

The same is true this season. Bill and Paul, who were highly expected to try to share Harden's pressure, both performed disappointingly. Paul was DNPed in 4 consecutive games.

The victory over the Mavericks in this game is just the beginning of the Clippers' 7-game visiting schedule. If Kawhi Kawhi cannot return as soon as possible, Tyronn Lue can only continue to use Harden hard while trying to find players who are recovering. In this game, Tyronn Lue found Bogdan who made 5 of 8 three-pointers, but except for Harden and Bogdan who made 11 of 20 three-pointers, the other Clippers players made 2 of 22.