Wasn't going to post in this thread or view reps until 36 hours after last response, but since my name is mentioned.... You dudes still don't get it. I cheer for Harden. Name is Houston, not Indy or George. James played great. He struggled mightily against George face-up, but got off in transition. He made plays on defense and George's O didn't ball. Where were you dudes, 1st quarter when Harden got molested? I didn't post anything.
Harden doesn't play great in the first half most of the time, but he almost always kills it in the second half.
And Paul George struggled to score against Harden because Harden had him locked down the whole game. So how is it that Harden ended up 10-17 for 28 points and George 5-12 for 13 points? That's the difference between an elite scorer and non-elite scorer.
Easy to shut down PG...he just clanked 3 pointers all night like he's Steph Curry (except Curry would drain a good bit of them...). Dude still has a LONG way to go on offense.
1) Who said George was an elite scorer? 2) Who said Harden wasn't an elite scorer? Do you even know what you're arguing? Get a clue. The way it happened. You already knew that. Do better.
And Harden picked off a couple of George's passes. So what.. But you don't mention that. George is only a top notch defender when Roy and West are keeping opposing players out the paint.
You are the person who said if Paul George was on this team his PPG and efficiency would go up (which is just a blatantly baseless statement), implying Harden's offense is heavily aided by this team. You are also the same person who said George's offense is much better than Harden's defense. Harden kept George in check the whole game, whiles George couldn't even find Harden most of the time. But I guess George is okay with "jogging" back on defense, as you like to put it.
Dude...you're wasting your time. I think Houstunna means well but maybe he is very bad at conveying his points and using the right terminology.
If you followed the previous response, you'd see that comment was 1st Q specific. You'd also see I said Harden "made plays" defensively. Your final point is so full of butt-hurtness it's laughable.
