James Harden’s strep throat so bad he struggled to drink water
James Harden has been playing for the Houston Rockets despite being ill.
The Rockets guard scored 31 points in a surprising Game 5 win over the Thunder in Oklahoma City on Wednesday night, which was extremely impressive considering he was sick and later diagnosed with strep throat.
Harden still played in Game 6 despite the illness.
During Game 6, ESPN’s Holly Rowe reported that Harden’s throat was so bad during Game 5 that he had difficulty drinking water during timeouts. Rowe says Harden had to spray his throat with Chloraseptic to numb it before drinking water. Harden also had an IV at the hospital on Thursday.
Harden still played plenty of minutes and was Houston’s top scorer in the first half of Game 6.
He’s not exactly going to be remembered like Michael Jordan was for the “flu game,” but Harden’s effort is pretty impressive nonetheless.
