It’s humorous how different the standards are for Harden. Let Harden shoot 37% with 5 turnovers and not even try to shoot the last shot to win a game and people are calling him a choker instead of a killer. But that’s beyoooooond me.
Kawhi Leonard had 5 turnovers and went 9-24 from the field in a closeout game at home against a battered Warrior team. Dude choked. Had he even been average, Drake would be recording a championship track right now. That performance didn't look 1000x better than Harden.
He didn't want it bad enough. The game was right there for the taking but he was passive. That's my hot take lol
Yah he did, lets say even if he didnt. Klay gave him comparable production in the back court, pretty much this whole series.
Nah he is only 1 guy vs 5 all stars+Iggy who is also an all star in the East and even then Raps only lost by 1. Harden by comparison cant even close out without Cousins and KD. If Raps win Kawhi definitely takes a step forward GOAT status as he would have beaten the best team in NBA history with all their players playing. If he loses no shame as the Warriors have 5 all stars+Iggy who all played so losing the Warriors is a logical conclusion.
Klay came up huge in the 4th but it just shows why you need a consistent 2nd/3rd scorer. Won't blame Steph for missing all those shots when he's clearly gassed. I just don't understand why people expect Harden to do everything for 4 quarters and make all the shots down the stretch when he's never had a consistent 2nd fiddle outside of CP3 last year.
Everyone is screaming for him to play off ball and let other guys do more. Rivers literally said this
And he played for 4.75 games. Durant has played for one quarter and put up 11 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block on 71% TS.
That Kawhi stretch in the 4th would've been a historic finals moment but he couldn't close out smh. Some would even say he choked.
