Harden should invite the whole j*zz team to a strip club tonight so they will have tired legs tomorrow..ez win!
To be honest, it's because how much they been running the ball. It isn't good on the hammys. Playing fast is nice and all, but when you keep doing it each time you have the ball. It's going to happen.
The parallels are perpendicular. Let's just go down Harden Game 5 as a rocket memory lane 2014 vs. Portland 17-6-3 , 5-15 FG Rockets win by 10 (Jeremy Lin actually had a great game here, but nearly threw it away if you recall) 2015 vs. Dallas 28-8-2 9-19 FG Rockets cruise easily over the Mavericks in a close-out @TC. 2015 vs. LAC 26-10-11 9-20 FG Rockets crush the Clippers in an elimination game 2015 vs. GSW 14 points, 12 - TO's what a stinker, we all remember this, though he did have 45 in an eliminator the game before, but it just delayed the inevitable. 2016 vs GSW 35-6-6 12-23 FG Harden was the only Rocket who showed up this game, IIRC he had 17 points in the first quarter, the rest of the team had 1 point on 0-11 shooting combined. Again though it was a lost cause game, so, meh. 2017 vs. OKC 34-4-8 8-25 FG. Closeout game for the Rockets. Harden had a brutal shooting night but lives at the line and grinds out 34 and leads the Thunder to figure out the real problem with their team: Victor Oladipo 2017 vs. San Antonio 33-10-10 on 11-24, but 9 TO's. Good start but the Spurs "homecourt advantage" ((it's cheating)) in the end robs the Rockets of a critical, series-turning win. But, Harden got a Trip Dub, so I'm going to call it an OKC victory. 2018 vs. Minnesota 24-12-6 on 8-22. Easy win to close out the T-wolves. Is this really that bad? I'm counting 5-3, with a number of MVP-level efforts and one obvious stinker.
Harden has 3-1 lead 4 times in his career, he finished the series in G5 every single time. I am not saying this has any statistical significance, but your argument about Harden being in this situation many times and couldn't get it done is obviously incorrect.
Harden needs to get to the WCF. It's that simple. Don't screw around. The table has been set, time to eat. Harden has been in this situation before and failed.
Perception is reality for some. For me, reality is reality... but hey, if it works for those people so be it?
