For the nay Sayers and casual fan cllaiming team better without cp3 how the hell Ennis didn't get more rebounds than cp3 against the nuggets? Real talk though... DeAndre ayton looking to block harden if he brings that okie doke, slow poke finesse!
Na bro that's stupid. You have to be a smart fan. No one should have to still u when a guy comes back thats that Important it's a gel period. Of course they gonna struggle to fig roles. But to say we better without show a lack of basketball knowledge n silly when with cp3 harden n capella last year the team was virtual unbeatable
James Harden says big numbers, big minutes not sapping his energy PHOENIX -- Doing something no one has done since Wilt Chamberlainwas wreaking havoc in the paint, James Harden scoffs at the notion that his 30-point scoring streak is draining for the Houston Rockets guard. "Nah, nah. ... Why, because I'm scoring the ball more?" Harden replied when asked if his streak of 26 straight games of scoring 30 or more points is more taxing on him. "I love the game of basketball. I don't worry about getting drained or getting tired. I am going to play basketball. I don't worry about everything else. I hoop." The Rockets guard enters Monday's game at Phoenix with the third-longest streak of 30-point games, trailing Chamberlain's longer streaks of 65 and 31. During his streak, Harden is averaging 38.8 minutes per game and has logged 40 or more minutes 14 times. He has scored 40 or more points on 19 occasions this season, including in 13 of the past 20 games. Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni says he tries his best to monitor during games when he thinks Harden is exerting a ton of energy and when to get him rest. D'Antoni keeps in mind whenever there are several breaks in games, such as timeouts, free throws and reviews. "The only thing I worry about is that during the game that he goes too long and too many minutes and he's doing too much stuff," D'Antoni said at Rockets shootaround Monday before playing the Suns. "That is why we try to take him out at the end of the first quarter, so that he can withstand 36, 38 minutes." "But it's also how the game goes; sometimes there's a lot of timeouts, a lot of foul shots, a lot of interruptions," D'Antoni added. "And I am looking out there and he can play an extra two minutes because [the flow of the game] hasn't gone up and down, and other times, like Chris [Paul], it just goes crazy for four minutes and I got to get him out because he exerted a lot of energy. So it's a lot [of] the moment." Los Angeles Lakers used Saturday to explain why LeBron James didn't play at Golden State after logging 40 minutes in an overtime win over the Clippers on Thursday following his return from a groin injury. "Until they can show me the science behind it, and they know for sure, they're guessing like we're guessing," D'Antoni said of all the different ways to keep stars fresh for the playoffs. "And when something goes bad, it's, 'I told you. Usually, one guy prevails in the playoffs, one team, [and] everybody else is too tired.' No, that team's five may be better." The Rockets have seen all kinds of defenses geared toward slowing Harden down or, at the very least, designed to make him work harder and expend more energy to score. "I mean, I've seen so many different ones," Harden said. "You got teams just running guys at me at half court before I cross half court. You got zones, you have double-, triple-teams, it's everything. It's pretty cool because you got to figure out ways to attack it, figure out ways to still be aggressive throughout those coverages, and then you still got to get your teammates involved. It's a game within a game; I have fun with it, I enjoy it." D'Antoni says opponents will keep trying to find ways to slow down his star. "Oh yeah, they've guarded him on the side, behind him, with two guys, double, whatever," D'Antoni said. "He just looks at it and beats it. It doesn't really matter. Maybe he has to work a little harder sometimes, or not, I don't know. But he will figure it out. There's nothing you can do." And Harden says none of it is sapping him of more energy than usual. Asked if he feels the same as he has in the past during this current streak, Harden said to look at how he's playing. "You see it," Harden said. "[I actually] feel better." Looking forward to a beautiful sunset in the loss column for Phoenix Go Rockets!
So playing defense is less tiring than not playing defense? well this only goes to prove the truism that all fatigue is mostly mental Fatigue Is All in Your Head
Does Harden go for at least 62 and set a new personal scoring record tonight? I would say there is a real chance, but Phoenix is so bad I’m not sure he’ll see enough time on the floor to make it happen.
What is okie doke, slow-poke finesse? Seeing that CP3 does nothing differently in that regard, do you always look for Novel Ways to criticize Harden, when someone criticizes Paul? just Real Talk, though, right?
LOL. Suns players are practicing how to defend Hardens 1 bounce jab dribble step back 3. The problem is they can emulate it on offense.
Im pretty sure that we are stronger with cp3, i just don't like the fact that we are paying him so much for him to not play b2b. We were already btching about nene about not playing b2b, imagine paying 40 mils for cp3 to play cheerleader on b2bs, disappointing.
No chance Rockets win. Suns have a freak in Ryan Anderson. Watch Capela is going to hurt the team in this game. One thing is a given is Harden is going streaking with his 30.
