PHILADELPHIA — Joe Harris was one of the many feel-good aspects of this Nets season, a marksman who was integral in the franchise’s first playoff berth in four years. A second-round pick who appeared in just five games three years ago, and became one of the league’s premier 3-point shooters this year.
His value was obvious in Game 1 of this first-round playoff series, and it wasn’t a coincidence Monday night’s result was so lopsided when you look at his numbers, or lack thereof. He was a non-factor, completely shut down.
Harris, the reigning NBA 3-point contest champion, attempted just four shots and made one of them across 26 impact-less minutes, as the Nets were blitzed in Game 2 by the 76ers, 145-123, at Wells Fargo Center, the series knotted up at one and now headed back to Brooklyn.