Harden: 13 turnovers *New playoff record*

[jayfan]

Meh...he clearly ran out of gas and was facing fierce defensive attention on a team with not much else offensively when facing elite defense.

He had a great year and a very good playoffs.

The Rockets are legit. If they had Brooks and Montejunas they would have had a real chance to win the whole thing.

You know you are an elite player when you average 27/6/8 on 62% TS while leading a team to the WCF and being the only offensive threat on a team...and also get hate.

I don't really like Harden much and still think there are some flaws in his game/style, but there is no disputing that he's an elite top 5 or so player in the league.

Since when is running out of gas an excuse in the playoffs?

Since when is facing fierce defensive attention an excuse in the playoffs?





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[VengefulAngel]

Congratulations to James Harden, he's going to be stuck with this record for a very long time.

Another 40-50 years


King James

[chazzy]

You know you are an elite player when you average 27/6/8 on 62% TS while leading a team to the WCF and being the only offensive threat on a team...and also get hate.

Dude, if anyone had 13 TOs and shot 2/11.. they would get a lot of hate. Especially in a do or die game. This isn't unfair treatment or something

[Jailblazers7]

Dude, if anyone had 13 TOs and shot 2/11.. they would get a lot of hate. Especially in a do or die game. This isn't unfair treatment or something

Exactly.

Derrick Rose could do that in his first game back from ACL surgery and would get flamed worse than Harden is for this. Any past/current MVP or MVP candidate would get destroyed for this.

Add the fact that Harden has a history of choking? Dude def deserves to get criticized.

[oarabbus]

Exactly.

Derrick Rose could do that in his first game back from ACL surgery and would get flamed worse than Harden is for this. Any past/current MVP or MVP candidate would get destroyed for this.

Add the fact that Harden has a history of choking? Dude def deserves to get criticized.

This. TBH I feel bad for him. Not the ones he threw away, but those last few where he was getting straight up mugged, and dribbling off his foot. It was ugly. Then the airball? Jesus.