Bucks playing like their season is on the line. The fact that everyone is off and Rockets only down by 5 is remarkable. ASB can't come soon enough though these guys look beat.
This is (efficiently, effort wise) the best I've ever seen harden play. He is even forcing them to miss layups. This is literally a GOAT performance, i can't see anything he couldve done better. Yet we're still not winning?! Everybody else is just trash eight now and have been over the last games
Bucks playing some of the best hustle defense I've ever seen and hitting everything. I'm proud we are still within range.
I love Harden. But man I ****ing hate when he goes into "I'm gonna expect a foul call on every posession, so let me throw my hands in the air and turn it over instead of actually shooting a shot" mode.
This is one of those games where Hardens TOs are interior D stuck out like a stick out like a sore thumb
The Rockets have closed out all 3 quarters strong so far. Keep the game close for Harden's rest and we can pull this one out. But I feel the Bucks will get off to a 10 pt lead before he sees the floor again.
Harden would have a triple double by now except that they haven't missed anything he could rebound. The fourth quarter is ours.
He should still attempt to shoot the shot. That's my gripe. That way if the refs swallow their whistle at least someone has a chance to get a rebound or something and it doesn't jump start the other team's fast break. Everyone knows that Harden does get fouled. You can't control what the refs do. Jump starting the other team's fast break by not even attempting a shot because you expect the foul call is never good.
