Has Harden Improved Defensively?

[dontgetchoked]

Who's getting defensive? I'm not defensive. I'm never defensive. No one calls me defensive.

[YouGotServed]

11-3

Best defense in the NBA. Spamming gifs won't change reality. Harden stays winning.

[el_locoteee]

And finish with 3 steals and one block shoot.

10-3 Best defense in the NBA

[oarabbus]

And finish with 3 steals and one block shoot.

10-3 Best defense in the NBA

That easy schedule though

[YouGotServed]

That easy schedule though

Houston has had one of the toughest schedules so far and have been hit with a ton of injuries. No excuses.

[Genaro]

Lol this one has to go to the defensive juggernaut 2014-15 edition

[SugarHill]

Houston has had one of the toughest schedules so far and have been hit with a ton of injuries. No excuses.

Who says no excuses after listing excuses a sentence before?

[RRR3]

Harden could win DPOY and you guys would still say he sucked.

[el_locoteee]

That easy schedule though

No Dwight, no Jones, No Beverly.

And held the 140 Dallas Mavericks the night before best scoring team in the NBA to a 92 points with the best defensive center out of the game.

Only 2 time they have allow more than 100 points.

[YouGotServed]

Who says no excuses after listing excuses a sentence before?

[noob cake]

Harden defense must be pretty great seeing how this is the first (?) GIF this season? As we are all aware, Harden haters can upload a defensive lapse within seconds of it happening.

I'll take #1 in DWS + #1 team defense + 10-3 record any day. Suck it Haters.

[oarabbus]

Houston has had one of the toughest schedules so far and have been hit with a ton of injuries. No excuses.

Over half their games have been against weak teams. Knicks x2, Lakers x2, Thunder, Sixers, Twolves, Celtics, Jazz. Real tough schedule

[Heavincent]

Best defense in the NBA.

Warriors, Spurs, Grizzlies, and Bulls are better.

[YouGotServed]

Wait so we're punishing Houston for winning ball games now? They don't get to choose who to play next. How is them doing their job a negative?

We can speculate what would happen if the schedule were different but that's all it is, speculation. I'll stick to facts and facts say Houston is easily one of the best teams in the NBA. Facts and empirical evidence also say Houston, led by Harden, is one of the best defensive teams in the NBA.

You clowns can continue to speculate what would happen in an alternate universe were the Rockets aren't good and don't play defense.

I'll stick to reality doe.

11-3. Best defense in the NBA.

[Inferno]

http://espn.go.com/nba/stats/rpi/_/sort/SOS

28th in SOS

B-b-b-ut one of the hardest schedules doe!!