James Harden didn’t play his best offensive game in the Houston Rockets’ 104-102 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of his team’s Western Conference first-round series on Wednesday night, but he came up with the plays when they were needed. Harden knew that immediately.
The Rockets star was just 4/15 for 17 points in the win, but he had a key block in the final seconds to help his team get the win.
“Offensively I played like s—“, Harden acknowledged in his postgame interview. “Excuse my language.”
“I couldn’t make a shot. Turning the ball over. Just doing everything that’s not supposed to happen, but I kept sticking with it. My teammates gave me confidence throughout the course of games. And defensively I tried to make a play,” Harden said.
Harden was off with the long ball and shot just 1/9 on threes, but he had two steals and three blocks.
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P.J. Tucker had four steals and Robert Covington had three steals and three blocks in the win.
Here is an unedited video of Harden’s interview:
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