They're ******** on him because it looked like he had money on the warriors. Either way, that's for another time to address, they need to celebrate the W and pray for CP3's health.
KD shot a similar poor percentage . The difference was they gave him some bullshit touch fouls whereas James was getting murdered . Oh and also , we ****ing won !
don't look at it like he missed 16 out 21, look at it like he made Hole 5 of 21. It was a though game . Sometimes in life u have to take philosophical approach to problems.
I have to think it's about potential. He definitely shot horribly. It's fair to criticize him for that. That's especially true when he is counted on by the team to carry a scoring load. That being said folks should also praise his defense and clutch time block on KD tonight. That was very important. He also has shown that he trusts his teammates and will make the smart play and get open guys looks on which they can score. Whatever mistakes he made, he also deserves credit for that. I think equally important is how he helped changed the team's attitude and energy on the floor in that 4th by driving and drawing fouls. That's great. What's also great is that we now have a team where if James has an off night on offense, we have guys that can pick up the slack. It doesn't make me hate Harden, it just makes me love the Rockets TEAM even more.
Harden has definitely recaptured a lot of his lost reputation in this playoffs for sure. Not many people can drop 40 plus on the warriors defense and drop 24 in a half so the he sucks in the playoffs narrative is a joke. Plus he is now playing good to very good defense to boot as well
His defense was not good other than making a key block in the 4th quarter, and he didn’t attack offensively until he came back in the 4th, despite his jumper being off. Chris Paul kept the Rockets afloat in the 3rd while Harden continued to settle for step back threes and play passive offensively. He did make a huge pass to Gordon for the three that made it 95-91, but if the Rockets had lost playing that type of defense, it would’ve been an indictment of how poorly he played, especially offensively.
He jacked up a lot of 3's. Missed them all. Stuff happens. Glad we had other players step up and another star in Cp3. Harden bounce back, unless he hit the strip.
he was the sole reason the game was close. if he was even above average offensively they win by double digits easy. he was also the reason cp3 blew out his hamstring.
There were so many moments on the defensive end in the 4th quarter where he had lapses in switching rotations and constantly lost his man. Luckily, nothing came of it cause gs missed a lot of shots tonight.
Harden had an off night shooting wise...but he played great Defense. He made aggressive move to the basket in the 4th qtr, resulting in freethrows or passing out to teammates for open shots. We missed many of those shots though. We did hit some timely shots especially Gordon 3 which came from a pass delivered by Harden. I cant bash this guy, he is the reason where we are. I am sure he will bounce back next game
His defense was great all night . You don't hold GS that low with a weak link playing 40+ minute . People will remember the block , but he played solid, smart D all night
First a great win. But JH had really a trash game. If it were not for this win, JH's legacy is extramendously doomed. Gotta wake up next big game and game 7 in necessary.
I’m one of Harden’s toughest critics but I’ll give him a pass this game. He had some very good looks but his shot was off... it happens. What’s different today though from other times when he stinks it up is that he was still engaged and put forth an effort. He was being aggressive for the most part and made smart decisions, played decent D and didn’t make too many careless turnovers. There’s a lot of pressure on him now with CP3 being out or limited and unable to do much even if he plays. Harden will probably have to put up a bunch of shots while being extremely efficient next game and get his teammates involved early and often. Gonna have to be like 18/30 FG’s with around 10 assists and less than 4 TO’s
You want to complain about his shots not falling? I'll lead that charge! However, DO NOT question his effort. In the past you could certainly do that, but not this series. In the past he'd kind of quit if his shots weren't falling, but this series he's played as hard as he can on defense, no matter what. Offense - Horrendous. Effort/defense - Great.
