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James Harden On Defense Last Night

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  1. tinman

    tinman Contributing Member
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    that was impressive
    'he took my mvp' moment
     
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    Yet somehow he’s only won 1 mvp while Giannis gets an automatic back to back, smh.
     
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    Isn't 1-4 fg .5ppp not .25 ppp like the video states?
     
    #23 Sweet Lou 4 2, Aug 3, 2020
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    Yup you’re right. It’s 0.25 FG%.
     
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    Rest assured. If he's playing great post defense against the Lakers or Kawhi in the playoffs, and we're balling, pulling away, the refs WILL start calling fouls on him immediately. Lulz.
     
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    uneducated fans saying harden had a bad game last night ... while he didnt have a great shooting game , James' D was on another level.

    We had covington and PJ on the floor and you could say with a straight face that Harden played the best defense. Not to take anything away from those 2 because this was a total team win and they had great D too . But , on lopez and on giannis , i felt like when james was the defender then that was a good chance to stop them from scoring . Absurd .

    When gordon comes back , im not worried about him taking minutes because harden can take some of PJ's minutes .

    please mda / load managing staff/ bball gods keep our guys healthy and give us energy to play like this in the playoffs.
     
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    Harden’s hands and anticipation on defense are on New Orleans CP3 levels right now...yeah, I said it

    if u dribble within Harden’s vicinity whether he’s the primary defender or in help position, it’s cookies

    Harden’s been snacking on defense
     
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    makes you wonder how much he was able to pick up from cp3 while he was here.

    Now if hes picking up some effort from russ being here then the evolution is complete lmao .
     
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    they put 4 fouls on harden in the first half, the league did not want harden to have a big game againist giannis
     
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    Not sure that really made a difference. He just missed a lot of the shots he normally makes. If he hits 6 of 12 from three instead of 3 of 12 you looking at 33,7,7,6.
     
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    Of course it made a difference.

    Harden was tentative on offense as well as defense in 3rd. Just human nature.

    But he let it all hang out in the 4th.
     
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    Harden was a menace out there, good lord
     
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    Harden be like:

    [​IMG]
     
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    James defensive player of the year in the bubble James. No night clubs and coochies to distract him equates to a monster
     
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    Every year he elevates his game and this year we are seeing it defensively. This man deserves respect
     
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    This cannot be emphasized enough.

    Every...Single...Year...

    Harden has added something amazing to his game.

    His defense this season is on another plane.

    He will be NBA leader in steals this season after the SAC game.
     
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