Harden's a tough dude physically. Too bad no one outside Rocket fans acknowledges that, they just want to label him as a soft flopping choker.
yeah that was by far the worst i've seen harden effort-wise in a game. hopefully we close them out quick in game 5 and he gets the necessary rest before the warriors series because they're not going to sit him in this series. crazy that he didn't go through a concussion protocol
Come on. Rough 4th, but he got us going in the 1st with 14 points. It was hard to watch, but we have a better team this year. We won the game.
Naw, it reminds me of game 5. Harden was playing fine in the 1st qtr then everything went off the rails.. It's weird.. these weird games happen to Harden when everything is set up for him to dominate. Utah is very injured and the game is right there for Harden to take and he start playing weird. It's f-cking frustrating.
He looked out of it tonight, and we have seen that before. Could be related to the head bump in the previous game. He has had some very odd playoff performances; this was one of him. When he is cooking he is as good as anyone, but he can be very frustrating to watch. His fanboys on this board will defend him no matter what he does.
I think his confidence was shot and it seems he was also tired. He got to the rim a bunch of times and either got blocked or missed his layups. He took away his 3 pointer too. I think on the bright side is he didn't sulk on defense. he was still very disciplined with rotations
Again, thank god for CP3. If we had last years roster we would still have home court and be favored except we’d be tied 2-2 after a performance like tonight and we’d probably ultimately end up losing the series.
I don't think Harden should be tired. CP had a lot of those possessions in this game. Harden was playing zero defense in the first half. I wasn't paying attention to Harden's D in the 2nd half, but I don't think he should be tired.. Rockets had the damn lead, CP is dominating the mid-range, Clint was manning the paint like the second coming of Mutombo!!! Why is Jim losing confidence? Just play smart..
