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Harden is due for a BIG game in game 6!! Redemption coming.

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by swyyyguy, May 25, 2018.

  1. BigM

    BigM Member

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    Harden played well tonight.
     
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    He was bodied up hard but Harden is slow footed. He isn't meant to be a primary ball handler in crunch game situations. That why we need cp3.
     
  3. swyyyguy

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    Yeah tonight wasn’t Harden’s fault
     
  4. fchowd0311

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    He turned the ball over too much.
     
  5. BigTex

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    He played well. Heavy load for him. Some of his turnovers might have been fouls.

    Harden and Klay kind of cancelled each other out. And then they still had Curry and KD scoring a bunch. Ariza fell off big after shooting well early.
     
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    He need to play a perfect game 7 for us to win.
     
  7. Pandaemonaeon

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    Harden came to play, just ran out of gas. Which was CP3 was brought in.
     
  8. RedRedemption

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    What we just saw out of Harden was why we brought in CP3. Still even in 2016, when we were the 8th seed, he was able to win a single game by himself. Still like a 5% chance it happens in Game 7.
     
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    If anyone blames harden tonight they are mentally ill.
     
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  10. Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs H- Town Harden

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    harden was amazing for a while and is an amazing player that tried to carry us to victory but he started going full russell westbrook at points in that 2nd half. He started getting a little too tunnel visioned.

    I think in game 7 our role players will step up more and harden will trust them at home.
     
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    He was so good in the first quarter. Attacking early, kicking out, and finding the open man. After that, there were a lot of slow trips up the court and dribbling down the shot clock. With first quarter Harden, we win Monday going away.
     
  12. BigDikNENE

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    Cant blame Jimmy tonite he played well minus the TO
     
  13. vlaurelio

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    without cp3, MDA, Jedd B, Harden, and the rest need to have a perfect game against this super team
     
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    The ISO’s don’t work when CP3 is not on the floor. It’s too taxing on Harden to make him create the team’s offense for 45 minutes and it’s not fair to Gordon to shoulder that burden.
     
  15. Cstyle42

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    Not watching game 7 unless we are up by a lot of points.
     
  16. farhen

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    don't blame my boy jimmy, he practically shows up our scrubs in the 2nd half just disappear
     
  17. the shark

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    Harden had NINE turnovers last night. NINE!!!
     
  18. Cstyle42

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    This is the bs that has to stop with him.
     
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    By Harden standards he did OK, but he is no alpha dog. Did MJ, Magic, LeBron ever have nine turnovers in a playoff game? Did they ever score zero points in the fourth quarter? Harden is simply too inconsistent. I hate isolation basketball. It only works if you are a great shooter. Harden is not a great shooter. But the loss is not really only on him, the supporting cast was unable to sustain any kind of consistency. They left it all in the first half.
     
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    He played okay. No MVP caliber performance unforunately.
     

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