One Year After Dramatic Exit, NBA Star James Harden Has a Message for the Nets

The Philadephia 76ers became the first team in this year?s NBA playoffs to sweep their opponents and move on to the Conference semifinals. The 76ers took care of business as they defeated the Brooklyn Nets in Game 4, eliminating the Nets from the playoffs. With Brooklyn getting swept, former Nets star James Harden sent out a message to his former team.

There was some doubt as to whether the 76ers would be able to finish off the Nets in four games after the injury update regarding Joel Embiid. However, the rest of the squad made sure to give it their all.

James Harden addresses the Nets after their loss

Philadelphia 76ers star and leading scorer Joel Embiid got ruled out of Game 4 after straining his right knee. He was immediately ruled out for Game 4 and doubts started arising if the 76ers could win without The Process in the lineup.

It was up to James Harden and the rest of the team to pick up the pace and make sure to end the series in their latest game against the Nets. The 76ers came out on top with a 96-88 win over Brooklyn.

Though Brooklyn got swept in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, former Nets star James Harden made sure to give them credit for their grit and determination. Harden went on to his Instagram to pay his respects to the fallen Nets team.

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The Beard uploaded a number of images from the series and captioned them, ?Far from done, much respect to Brooklyn and the way they battled? #Uno.?

Not only did Harden have respect for the Brooklyn Nets and the way they battled but judging by his caption, he already seems locked in for their next opponent.

A quick recap of Game 4

The Philadelphia 76ers distributed the offensive load among themselves as four out of the five starters finished the game with double-digit points. The team shot way better from beyond the arc as compared to the Nets? 24.3% shooting from three.

The 76ers even shot better from the free throw percentage, going 15-16 from the line. Their 93.8% free-throw shooting gave them a huge advantage as compared to the Nets shooting 68.4%.

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Philadelphia even had 10 more offensive rebounds as compared to the Nets. So, from a numbers standpoint, the 76ers did not leave any stone unturned to complete the sweep and move on to the Conference semifinals.

Kudos to the Nets for a hard-fought series and let?s see who Philadelphia goes up against in their next matchup.