Luckily for kiwi it was one game (and he has rare bad playoff games) not a regularity like James. He also happens to be a finals mvp from two separate teams that dethroned dynasty super team’s
100x better at blowing 3-1 leads 14 points on 6-22 shooting in a game 7...that trash play far exceeds anything Harden has ever done when u take into account it was a game 7, his team is a supposed contender, and he was heavily favored
Yeah, Harden in his entire career only lost 1 series when his team is favored. 2014 first round, that was Harden's worst series.
Are you forgetting the 4-17 game he had? He had 2 terrible games, 2 decent games and 3 good games. I'm sorry, but Kawhi has always had a good supporting cast. If Harden blew a 3-1 lead whilst playing like that in the game that mattered the most, you wouldn't hear the end of it. And Harden has never had a supporting cast as Kawhi has had.
Let’s not forget PG. 2-11 3pts and 4-16. Dude had FOUR total rebs in 38 mins. Leonard had SIX total rebs in 44 mins. Beverly had the best line and was a +4, only starter +, ouch.
Harden and Dwight didn't go out as p*****s unlike Kawhi and PG, and it was a down the wire game that was lost on a Dame Special, not a blowout. People go on and on about the Rockets "quitting", but you can never say they quit against a team they were favored against.
Playoff P Played like Playoff Westie 10pts 4 reb 2 asst 1 blk Kwahi did not have the overwhelming better talent and coach . . . loses. Rocket River
Murray 40ptsb - great Jokic 16 pts 22 rebs Grant 14 pts Millsap 6 pts Harris 14pts If we got those numbers from our other 4 starters we'd still be playing Rocket River
Harden played really bad in the clutch in that series, so I won't give him a pass because it's less embarrassing. That being said, we had a lot of chances to win that series despite Harden's poor performance. We had a big lead in G1, and lost because Dwight was hacked and can't hit free throws. Then the Dame butter beater in G6. Mchale using TJ to guard Aldridge for the first 2 games was also pretty dumb. That was really a heart-breaking loss. I feel we could have a chance against the spurs in the second round, because we were 4-0 against them in the regular season.
Bro check this out https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202009050LAC.html He had 2 games like this in the same series LOL. And both of them were worse than Harden's game 7 and game 4. I dont want any of the dummies on here to ever talk to me about Harden chocking or "needing to more."
I still remember that loss like it was yesterday. I watched at my favorite bar and couldn't stand to go back for a long time from the association.
I didn’t even think we were favored in that series...same record...teams were equal talent wise...Blazers had coaching advantage...I viewed it as a coin flip maybe Vegas thought differently back then
Kawhi was worse than PG this series. People just hate PG cuz he’s so unlike able. Kawhi and his uncle are some snakes too but get a pass somehow.
Kawhi has always had a stacked deck How do u miss 22 games and still be the 2 seed in your conference and win almost 60 games? Let Harden miss 22 games in any year since he’s been here and see what happens. if he missed 22 games this year, we would’ve been battling the Blazers, Suns, and Grizzlies for the 8th seed at best this year Kawhi had the best bench, what was supposed to be the best defense, a coach who everyone views as better than MDA...he went out like a chump meanwhile, Harden drops 32 on GS in a game 7 with his 2nd best player and co-star missing and his team SEVERELY OUTMATCHED talent wise, and everybody says he sucked and that he choked... if Harden ever did anything like blowing a 3-1 lead, his career would be in the casket Harden’s problem is that he hasn’t been on stacked teams his whole career like Kawhi or pulled a Bron or KD KD is 1 of the greatest scorers ever...he went to a team so stacked u couldn’t even double him Bron has had how many Big 3’s? Harden has yet to have a single one.
Kawhis career would = brandon Roy if he didn’t have the luxury to load manage. No heart bum don’t ever compare this bum to harden again just cause he got rINgZ. Dude was on stacked teams while harden trying to beat the best teams ever assembled without much help. He won his first playing with 3 hall of famers while he “limited” lebron to like 30 and 8. On 57% shooting and 52% from 3. second one against a banged up warriors team with no depth while 6 other guys averaged double digit points in the series. dude is a product of the media and fair weather fans who look at rings and watch parts of playoff games while getting their opinion from the media.
