<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NIyiEc1741s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> 0:42, haha. I could have included a few more clips of Harden not boxing out, not being aware or slightly over-helping within the scheme.
Haha, around the 47 second mark, you can actually hear Harden say "Oh ****!" as he realized he just lost his man for a layup. Oh **** indeed.
That'sa good chouce.It was painful for me to watch also. Harden and most of the other players forgot to play defence.
You guys will like this. I found this website in French, but you can translate with browser. The guy breaks down Harden vs JJ with a bunch of short clips. Some opinions from analysts Ethan Strauss @SherwoodStrauss 10h I'm not big on the impact of guard defense, but Harden often fails to do basic things that even non athletes could do. Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA 1h @Alex_Roarty Parsons, Lin, Harden, Brooks all minus defenders, though Harden might be the worst.
He is moving really lethargically, like his legs weigh 400 pounds or something. I hope McHale has a talk with him, and I sure hope Harden has a good explanation for his performance.
doc made a fool out harden, he knew that was our weakness and went straight at it with plays drawn up from the start. make him run all over on D knowing he cant play it, then it will wear him down so he not that good on the offense, it worked perfect
When James is struggling like that, the obvious move is switching assignments with Parsons, isn't it?
I notice harden when on offense he would dance and dribble and shoot but on defense harden just stand flat feet.
Someone said it is one of the "worst" defensive performances they have ever seen. I would not go that far, I have seen far worse numerous times. However, those were typically performances by players on terrible teams or by notorious poor defenders. The performance by Harden was unacceptable and he should be held accountable. The same goes for the rest of the team, no one appeared confident defending and no one seemed to know where anyone else was. McHale and Sampson need to address this issue. Parsons and other players can talk about being an elite defensive team, but elite defensive teams do not allow 140 points in 48 minutes. I don't know if Harden stayed out late the night before or what, but he is the leader of the team and he needs to bring it every night.
quite a wake up call last night. There will be nights when the jump shots do not fall. Your defense will be your life saver. There are so many holes last night in our defense its scary, and surprisingly JLin wasn't the problem when facing the league's Point God. He's got burned a couple of times, but who doesn't in this league right now? Harden's defense was abysmal and the Clippers are DEEP! Howard needs to mature up and punish the bigs in games like this. This game was lost completely on the two "superstars".
