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James Harden, Georges Niang discuss their pairing in a Sixers win

James Harden, Georges Niang discuss their pairing in a Sixers win

PHILADELPHIA–The Philadelphia 76ers have themselves a pretty good star tandem in the form of James Harden and Joel Embiid as the two of them can make anybody on the floor a better player.

Harden was able to do so with Georges Niang in Friday’s 125-119 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Harden finished with 25 points and 11 assists and Niang hopped off the bench and had 17 points while knocking down five triples.

Harden and Niang have battled with each other for quite some time. When Harden was with the Houston Rockets and Niang with the Utah Jazz, the two of them matched up multiple times in the playoffs so the two of them know and understand each other’s games pretty well.

“He was a shooter in Utah and then coming here, I pretty much knew the roster up and down,” said Harden. “Just finding ways to impact game. They (the Cavs) do a really good job of packing the paint so we found something with Georges tonight and he’s a shooter, that’s what he does, that’s what he…

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