champsorchumps

156 | 8 hours ago

For Harden’s 3 clutch buckets in the final 2 minutes, literally nobody touched the ball on the 3 possessions other than him. The purest form of Harden ISO ball.

nutelamitbutter | Rockets

46 | 8 hours ago

A Harden iso can still be a very effective possession.

cryolems | Cavaliers

12 | 8 hours ago

Won the game tho!

HereIGoAgain_1x10 | Cavaliers

3 | 8 hours ago

Yup but this also helped get the Pistons back in the game in the 3rd… We went from good team ball and attacking the interior to iso ball and mostly 3s

zunlock | Trail Blazers

-8 | 8 hours ago

I’m sure this is sustainable long term!

_SotiroD_ | CLE

16 | 8 hours ago

Not sustainable but also not really unusual, teams go to iso on close playoff games at the final quarter to try and contain turnovers on passing lanes.

zunlock | Trail Blazers

-16 | 8 hours ago

More often than not harden loses the game for you there is my point lol

Significant-One9118

9 | 6 hours ago

Better playoff stats than Dame btw

zunlock | Trail Blazers

-6 | 6 hours ago

Really, how so?

dmac005 | Cavaliers

153 | 8 hours ago

James Harden’s never been swept and he ain’t about to start now. Saved our season with those buckets

CandI978 | Spurs

90 | 8 hours ago

Hes never been swept? That’s actually pretty insane especially combined with the stat that he’s never missed a playoffs in his career. That’s a LOT of playoff series

dmac005 | Cavaliers

69 | 8 hours ago

Yep he has the most playoff series without being swept:

James Harden — 34

Draymond Green — 31

John Havlicek — 31

Paul Silas — 30

Stephen Curry — 30

Bill Russell — 29

Klay Thompson — 29

Julius Erving — 28

Sam Jones — 27

Ron Harper — 25

From hoopshype

WishImaginary2611 | Kings

29 | 7 hours ago

This is with the caveat of once you’ve been swept you get wiped from the list, correct?

liquorpig

24 | 7 hours ago

You get swept off the list.

dmac005 | Cavaliers

16 | 7 hours ago

Yep there’s still time for him and GS guys but impressive nonetheless especially considering his 17 year playoff appearance streak

closed_n2 | Nuggets

5 | 5 hours ago

Yeah, for example Scottie Pippen went 40 playoff series without being swept until the Lakers swept his Blazers in 2001.

Broaway2299

6 | 6 hours ago

Referring specifically to LeBron he’s been swept 3 times so his record in this case would be 52-3

scarypary

-1 | 7 hours ago

If we somehow make it to the finals James Harden is almost definitely outta this shit 😂

TripleThreatTua | Thunder

4 | 7 hours ago

Wait what series did Dray play without Steph?

sorendiz | HOU

4 | 7 hours ago

I would guess the Wolves series last year doesn’t count for Steph cause he got injured in game 1 (iirc) but would count for Draymond

orphan_tears_ | GSW

5 | 6 hours ago

That one counts because he played, he missed the entire first round series against the spurs in 2018

TruWarierRecords | CHI

5 | 6 hours ago

Which would be silly since Steph still played

closed_n2 | Nuggets

2 | 5 hours ago

Shouldn’t Byron Scott be at the top of this list with 38? He was on the Lakers when they got swept in the 1989 Finals, but he was out for the whole series.

Kdot32 | Rockets

2 | 6 hours ago

He was close one year against the warriors but he drug the team to a game four victory

whatstappanin | Pistons

-16 | 8 hours ago

Pistons in 5

RoyShavRick | Cavaliers

8 | 8 hours ago

Pretty likely, but let us have this one 😂

WembyOKCJokicReaves

62 | 8 hours ago

The James Harden post season talk is nonsense

He’s 36 years old and he’s being expected to fill the void that his number one option is leaving behind

He’s had to go up against some of the best teams in league history like the dynasty Warriors and he’s held his own in those matchups

CandI978 | Spurs

35 | 8 hours ago

Yeah he’s being held to the same standard as a prime Harden and anything less is just “reaffirming his playoff reputation”. For some reason, fans forget the age of superstars that show longevity and never lower their standards.

WembyOKCJokicReaves

12 | 8 hours ago

It honestly speaks to his greatness and longevity along with the standard he’s set that he’s being criticized for normal star fluctuation in performance against good defenses

That fact that it’s even a discussion at his age and also the fact that he’s still playing at a star level is unfathomable

_19911118 | Raptors

2 | 6 hours ago

Watching Lebron still be this elite warps everyone’s mind

Final-Ad-6694 | Wizards

-6 | 7 hours ago

It’s a two way street. Harden is old enough his legacy as a playoff choker is cemented. Whatever he does now doesn’t really change it

CandI978 | Spurs

9 | 7 hours ago

It’s a two way street

The two directions are always been differently treated though. His many lows are remembered but his many highs are swept under the rug. And yes, there have been many. They’re just not remembered

If I covered James Harden’s name and showed any objective person his stats against the KD warriors and told you this SG averaged this against the greatest team of all time and took them to 7 while everybody else including prime LeBron got 4-1’d, they’d agree those are impressive playoff numbers

Final-Ad-6694 | Wizards

-4 | 7 hours ago

I’m sure his averages look good but he’s just way too volatile. It’s great you can carry a game but you can’t just lay an egg in other games. It’s about being consistently great, not being amazing in 2 games and then shit for another 2 games

whousesgmail | Raptors

6 | 6 hours ago

A lot of stars will have a subpar game or two in a playoff series, for Harden the team was extremely reliant on him so the effect it has on the team was magnified.

When you look at Houston’s roster it actually makes no sense how they took GSW to 7 but Harden made it happen.

Final-Ad-6694 | Wizards

-1 | 5 hours ago

It extends beyond just Houston. His 76er playoff games also ran extremely hot and cold

whousesgmail | Raptors

3 | 4 hours ago

I focus on Houston cause I don’t think Harden has been quite the same since that injury in Brooklyn

nervousaboutschool17 | Raptors

37 | 8 hours ago

It’s really harden stans and haters civil war every year in the playoffs lol

sSonga24 | Cavaliers

32 | 8 hours ago

I’ve been a Harden stan for like 10 years and shit was never sweet in the comments for us

nervousaboutschool17 | Raptors

7 | 8 hours ago

What was your favourite harden team

sSonga24 | Cavaliers

12 | 7 hours ago

Rockets grew on me a lot over time, but apart from them Clippers or Nets, Clips definitely have the best fanbase out of the bunch

sorendiz | HOU

13 | 7 hours ago

lolwtferic is basically worth more than some entire fanbases so that makes sense

TruWarierRecords | CHI

4 | 6 hours ago

That was the worst part of Harden leaving the Clips.

Tho he did make a Cavs Harden drawing so he clearly misses him too

sorendiz | HOU

5 | 5 hours ago

That’s why Eric is the GOAT. He smart, he loyal.

Dry_Response3527 | Clippers

11 | 8 hours ago

Obviously the Rockets team is the greatest but I’m very fond of the Clippers redemption arc

EightBlocked | NBA

2 | 7 hours ago

harden stans in the playoffs: “this is not a rivalry. they always kick our ass”

WalkingOnSunshine_ | Cavaliers

14 | 8 hours ago

Today was the perfect game for him and Mitchell. Donovan carried for three and a half quarters then James was fresh to take over late.

EarthWarping | NBA

7 | 8 hours ago

yeah he has had an up and down postseason for which an older #2 option is fine.

Odd_Bate | Knicks

4 | 8 hours ago

Classic James Harden playoff reputation is overstated bullshit. Man this sub swings game to game

TruWarierRecords | CHI

3 | 6 hours ago

It’s even sillier considering he was the best Cavs player overall in the Raptors series at age 36.

And that he’s not even considered an all star during the reg season, but he’s supposed to be MVP Harden in the playoffs.

drunkkk_ | PHO

2 | 6 hours ago

Mitchell and Mobley have been turbo ass but Harden’s still getting the blame.

jemstone_croc | Pistons

0 | 7 hours ago

It’s not nonsense. I feel like there are going to people in the coming years that want to be a contrarian and say Harden wasn’t as bad in the playoffs as people say, but he absolutely was and no one should forget it.

Jwarrior521 | Raptors

-2 | 7 hours ago

How is it nonsense. He’s been a bum consistently for the past like 5 years

SquidwardLover48 | Cavaliers

46 | 8 hours ago

He got to his 2018 iso bag and fried seperate defenders

justsomebro10 | Cavaliers

21 | 8 hours ago

Every time he sees Duncan Robinson in front of it’s a bucket for the rest of the series. Had bro out there checking his GPS in clutch time.

beepbeepimajeep22 | Clippers

29 | 8 hours ago

Im happy for the beard. I hope he balls out and keeps this series competitive.

herniatedballs | Cavaliers

20 | 8 hours ago

7 straight points in the last minute to seal it. As long as he doesn’t have Cade or Thompson on him he can go to work.

sctthuynh | GSW

15 | 8 hours ago

Not the least surprised that Harden had a good game and a great finish. Harden has had his share of impressive playoff performances and a lot of them has come when his team is down 2-0, 2-1 etc.

dropdatdurkadurk

10 | 8 hours ago

Big Game James does it again

rapsandjays | Raptors

7 | 8 hours ago

Clutch time god

Methamine | Knicks

4 | 8 hours ago

I’m not a harden fan but down the stretch was vintage harden moves. It made me feel a little nostalgia. Even had a solid flop on the 3pointer (which might have been a foul)

nutelamitbutter | Rockets

2 | 8 hours ago

As great as Tobias has been offensively, on D he can be a liability

ry-guy251 | Cavaliers

2 | an hour ago

I didn’t get a chance to watch the whole game, but from what I saw he looked like he was trying to play normal basketball instead of foul baiting

nutelamitbutter | Rockets

1 | 40 minutes ago

You’re correct

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1 | 8 hours ago

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tuckberfin | NYK

-2 | 7 hours ago

I honestly can’t believe people are expecting a perennially horrible playoff player to win them series at 36 years old or whatever.

Respect to him for playing well today though

NBA_GOD1

-16 | 8 hours ago

Harden is a choker and he will never win a ring. I hate his foul baiting playstyle, thats why we have sga now

AnselLovesNuts | Bulls

8 | 8 hours ago

He hasn’t fouled baited since the Biden administration

NBA_GOD1

-9 | 8 hours ago

Downvotes on reddit = truth so keep it up, nobody watches nba anymore because of foul baiting, and the beard is basically founding father of it

James Harden bounces back in a game 3 win against the Pistons: 19/2/7 on 8-14 FG, 3-7 3PT including a clutch stepback 3 that helped seal the game at the end