{"id":410097,"date":"2022-10-25T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T16:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=410097"},"modified":"2022-10-25T16:20:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T16:20:30","slug":"rookie-shooting-guard-who-got-bullied-by-james-harden-while-guarding-early-favorite-for-rookie-of-the-year-award-bennedict-mathurin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/rookie-shooting-guard-who-got-bullied-by-james-harden-while-guarding-early-favorite-for-rookie-of-the-year-award-bennedict-mathurin\/","title":{"rendered":"Rookie Shooting Guard, Who Got Bullied By James Harden While Guarding, Early Favorite For Rookie of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Harden of the Philadelphia 76ers finally provided an NBA highlight reel play for viewers. After causing Indiana Pacers youngster Bennedict Mathurin to tumble to the ground, Harden sank a 3-pointer, throwing Twitter users into a frenzy. James Harden has developed a reputation for producing plays worthy of the highlight reel. Harden regularly humiliates defenders with his accurate outside shooting and deft handling.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LXVmMKdx33U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Harden gave Pacers rookie Bennedict Mathurin his &#8220;welcome to the league&#8221; moment by dropping him and making a 3-pointer in his face during their matchup. However, the Pacers rookie, despite the fall, has been incredible this season so far.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"Bad Boys Pistons Star Joe Dumars, Famous For His Aggressive and Intimidating Gameplay, Set to Become Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations for the NBA\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/bad-boys-pistons-star-joe-dumars-famous-for-his-aggressive-and-intimidating-gameplay-set-to-become-executive-vice-president-and-head-of-basketball-operations-for-the-nba\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bad Boys Pistons Star Joe Dumars, Famous For His Aggressive and Intimidating Gameplay, Set to Become Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations for the NBA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Bennedict Mathurin, who went down defending James Harden, is an early favorite for Rookie of the Year<\/h2>\n<p>The 2022\u201323 rookie class has had a lot of promising starts. For the Pistons, Jaden Ivey has demonstrated his ability to easily get to the rim; for the Kings, Keegan Murray has been lighting it up; and for the Trail Blazers, Shaedon Sharpe has displayed the explosive athleticism that earned him a top choice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bennedict Mathurin\u2019s last 3 games: <\/p>\n<p>27 PTS &#8211; 7 REB &#8211; 2 AST<br \/>26 PTS &#8211; 5 REB &#8211; 2 AST<br \/>19 PTS &#8211; 7 REB &#8211; 2 AST <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sBIXkyJyZy\">pic.twitter.com\/sBIXkyJyZy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1583996555438174209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, Bennedict Mathurin and Paolo Banchero are the two clear front-runners for Rookie of the Year. With his impressive stature and scoring prowess, Banchero has demonstrated that he is more than NBA-ready. Through the first four games for the Magic, he scored 22.8 points on average. But Mathurin, the Pacers&#8217; sixth-round selection, has so far dominated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bennedict Mathurin has scored the most points by any NBA rookie through three games since 1995.\ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>That&#39;s Revved Up.\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lHzTp7zvad\">pic.twitter.com\/lHzTp7zvad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pacers\/status\/1584265788680155136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It requires courage to pick up James Harden as a defensive assignment. Harden gave Mathurin the work on this play, even though Mathurin was able to stay in front of him. 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After causing Indiana Pacers youngster Bennedict Mathurin to tumble to the ground, Harden sank a 3-pointer, throwing Twitter users into a frenzy. James Harden has developed a reputation for producing plays worthy of the highlight reel. Harden regularly humiliates defenders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":410098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,51],"tags":[2300,429],"class_list":["post-410097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indiana-pacers","category-nba","tag-bennedict-mathurin","tag-james-harden"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}