James Harden right now.... 1/8 shooting, 20 points

[russwest0]

:oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

[zoom17]

:oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

why you laughing Durant isn't that much different.

[CelticBaller]

why you laughing Durant isn't that much different.
Durant at least makes his shots

[SCdac]

Grizz: 15 FTA
Harden: 18 FTA

:oldlol:

[HoopsFanNumero1]

That has to be a record. 20 points per shot made :oldlol:

[DaSeba5]

Grizz: 15 FTA
Harden: 18 FTA

:oldlol:

Holy shit :roll:

[imdaman99]

rocket games must be so much fun to watch :rolleyes:

[moe94]

ISH's most hated players: Harden, Paul, and Blake Griffin

Leave them all alone.

http://nyulocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/chris_crocker_leave_britney_alone.jpg

[Leon.Pown]

that's embarrassing...can't hit actual shots so let's give him 18 free throws.

[Xsatyr]

People can complain all they want but most of those were deserved.

[AintNoSunshine]

:lebronamazed: :lebronamazed:

[Black and White]

18 Free throws? :biggums:

[Illuminati]

Learned from the freethrow king himself - Durant.

[inclinerator]

20fts

[HoopsFanNumero1]

22 points per shot made :biggums:

[Trollsmasher]

I have to admit that even KD does not touch this guy:lol

[LONGTIME]

:durantunimpressed:

[Black and White]

Damn sounds like he is getting all the calls.

[inclinerator]

22fts

[NumberSix]

Durant taught him well.

[Black and White]

Durant taught him well.

Knees steady, arms out, head back

[Fudge]

Smh

[LoneyROY7]

Might be the worst 25+ point performance I've ever seen. 26 points on 2 makes. :lol

[edrick]

This dude gets more BS calls than anyone. How did he earn this rep from the refs? :bowdown:

[Black and White]

This dude gets more BS calls than anyone. How did he earn this rep from the refs? :bowdown:

Are these like touch fouls??? Or he's flopping?? or what??

[CelticBaller]

Lol only sir Charles matches this feat and the two have very different playing styles :lol

[no pun intended]

Harden officially sets the record for most points on 2 FG made with 27 pts.

Barkley previously held the record with 26.

[Uncle Drew]

http://puu.sh/5ZQS5.jpg

[SCdac]

49 fouls in that game, 60 free throw attempts :sleeping

[Black and White]

49 fouls in that game, 60 free throw attempts :sleeping

This game must have been a snooze fest

[millwad]

49 fouls in that game, 60 free throw attempts :sleeping

Rockets won but can't say I liked it at all, plenty of those calls Harden got while driving were bogus.

[Tmuston Beltics]

http://puu.sh/5ZQS5.jpg

He was also the first James Harden to do that :bowdown:

[ABfor3]

Gotta admit, this game was quite boring but most of those free throws were deserved. Harden is crafty at drawing the foul, I'd be worried if I were him tho because his style of play attracts injuries.

[Mr. Jabbar]

He was also the first James Harden to do that :bowdown:

and lebron was the first xmas mvp* to hang on the rim for 10 seconds

[Mr Exlax]

The funniest part is that the people talking shit didn't watch the game. They were legit calls. The game sucked though.

[Tmuston Beltics]

and lebron was the first xmas mvp* to hang on the rim for 10 seconds

xmas mvp.. loool:facepalm

[UtahJazzFan88]

2/9 shooting for 28 points, weird as hell man. :oldlol:

[JBrizzy]

He needs to trim those sideburns.:no:

[Eric Cartman]

At least he got those free throws and not Dwight.

[bdreason]

Someone needs to put this flopper on his ass with a nice crosscheck.

[KungFuJoe]

I watched the game. **** the grizzlies. Hacking everyone. Randolph trying to play his bully ball. Sore loser.

I'm no harden fan but he was fouled everytime he went to the hole.

[ElPigto]

Someone needs to put this flopper on his ass with a nice crosscheck.

I wouldn't put it pass your dirty ass team to try to do this.

[TMac&Luther]

Someone needs to put this flopper on his ass with a nice crosscheck.

:rolleyes: Go ahead, he'll simply go to the line and score 2 more points against your team and then Houston will get the ball again.

[Sarcastic]

First player in NBA history to score 27 on 2 shots made or fewer.



NBA refs :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Inferno]

I wouldn't put it pass your dirty ass team to try to do this.

:coleman:

[TheReal Kendall]

I'll admit I didn't watch the game but that's ridiculous.

I've said it before Harden doesn't play to score. He play for the fouls.

I don't like his game but its basketball. If I was reffing this game I probably would've stopped blowing my whistle for him

[ABfor3]

I'll admit I didn't watch the game but that's ridiculous.

I've said it before Harden doesn't play to score. He play for the fouls.

I don't like his game but its basketball. If I was reffing this game I probably would've stopped blowing my whistle for him

Please elaborate. How can someone play for fouls? Fouls=Points...Points=Scoring so therefore your post makes no sense. He is playing to score.

[SIRI1]

Z-Bo went off on the refs after the game. Fine coming..


Randolph, who had a team-high 23 points and 17 rebounds, said the officiating played a big role in the loss.

''It was the refs tonight,'' said Randolph, who received a technical late in the fourth. ''Eight against five. The game in the second half, a man was shooting free throws every time. We were out there playing hard, and they were dictating the game. It can't be like that. We are out there playing, too.

''It was horrible refereeing, it was a horrible game they reffed tonight. Awful. They dictated the game. We are out there working as hard as them.''
Link (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/harden-leads-rockets-past-grizzlies-040422117--nba.html)



Audio here- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiYZgIJjp-g

[TheReal Kendall]

Please elaborate. How can someone play for fouls? Fouls=Points...Points=Scoring so therefore your post makes no sense. He is playing to score.

What I'm saying is he's always trying to draw a foul. I've seen plenty of times were he would ha easy bucket but he would make it difficult by trying to create contact to draw a foul on the defender.

[bdreason]

I wouldn't put it pass your dirty ass team to try to do this.


Back in my days that's how floppers and showboats were dealt with.

[moe94]

Back in my days that's how floppers and showboats were dealt with.
What the hell are you talking about? Who attacks a showboater and thinks they don't come across like a salty c*nt?:oldlol:

When was your day? When Kemp was pointing fingers after dunks and Chuck was barking after throwing someone down? Or was it when Magic was doing unnecessary no look passes as Bird talked more shit than anyone in history?

[bdreason]

If you're going to put him on the FT line, might as well send him to the floor. Maybe he won't be so inviting of contact next time he comes through the lane. From a coaches perspective, I'd be embarrassed if I gave up that many FT's to one guy.

[Solefade]

If you're going to put him on the FT line, might as well send him to the floor. Maybe he won't be so inviting of contact next time he comes through the lane. From a coaches perspective, I'd be embarrassed if I gave up that many FT's to one guy.


except these days you'd be thrown out of the game immediately and be fined 20k and probably gets worse after each time you do it. :rolleyes:

[LakersForlife]

Goat

[bmd]

Grizzlies were playing bad defense. Aggressive defense... but bad defense. That combination creates a lot of fouls.

They'd let Harden get to the rim at will, and then bump, slap, hack, etc. after they'd get beat off the dribble.

Dwight only played like 2 minutes in the second half because the refs gave him his 5th foul about 2 minutes into the second half. So it goes both ways.

[edrick]

The funniest part is that the people talking shit didn't watch the game. They were legit calls. The game sucked though.

If every legit foul was called, the game would be boring as ****, as seen by the game last night.

[Mr Exlax]

If every legit foul was called, the game would be boring as ****, as seen by the game last night.

They didn't get called for a foul every single time. He was just attacking the basket that much. He couldn't get shit to fall from outside so he did what you're supposed to do and that's attack the damn basket. He wasn't fishing for contact, they were fouling him. He wasn't selling shit because those were legit fouls. I guess you'd rather him keep chucking up jumpers?

[DCL]

1/8 on 20pts.... you simply can't defend this.

i didn't watch the game. i don't care what happened.

a stat like that jumps at you like a guy having 15 turnovers.

[SilkkTheShocker]

OKC still lost that trade.

[Godzuki]

Harden is so smart getting the contact on his drives. he gets beat up for it but he's basically mastered contact while driving. a lot of other guards in the league need to learn it. he had that one drive where the defender is reaching his arm down low for the ball while its cradled, and Harden lifts the guys arm up to his neck and gets the call.

Lin is a beast too. he doesn't get enough respect by NBA fans in general.

[Godzuki]

I'll admit I didn't watch the game but that's ridiculous.

I've said it before Harden doesn't play to score. He play for the fouls.

I don't like his game but its basketball. If I was reffing this game I probably would've stopped blowing my whistle for him


all of the greatest guards go for contact on the drives. the ones that don't will never be great. no guard is going to make all or even most of his drive attempts legitimately.

[noob cake]

Where were the haters when Harden dropped 28 on Spurs with only 6 FT on 11-16 shooting?

[moe94]

Where were the haters when Harden dropped 28 on Spurs with only 6 FT on 11-16 shooting?
Waiting on Howard to have an off game so they can celebrate.

[MP.Trey]

1/8 on 20pts.... you simply can't defend this.

i didn't watch the game. i don't care what happened.

a stat like that jumps at you like a guy having 15 turnovers.
20 points on 8 field goal attempts seems pretty efficient to me. :confusedshrug:

Don't see how that's anywhere near a 15 turnover performance? What Harden did was a positive thing, game-wise. I don't see how you could turn it around on him any other way.

[KG215]

http://nbcprobasketballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/james-harden-draws-foul.jpg
Does Harden really do that regularly?


On one bad call, Harden pulled a move he’s fond of – grabbing his defender’s arm to draw foul
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/27/zach-randolph-rockets-played-grizzles-eight-against-five/

[el_locoteee]

http://nbcprobasketballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/james-harden-draws-foul.jpg
Does Harden really do that regularly?


http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/27/zach-randolph-rockets-played-grizzles-eight-against-five/

Just as bad as the rip-through move Durant made famous.

[KG215]

Just as bad as the rip-through move Durant made famous.
And I've never buried my head in the sand and tried to deny Durant doing that is cheap. I've admitted many times I don't like him doing that. Yet there's several of Rockets fans in this thread claiming Harden'smFTs last night were legit.

[Xsatyr]

Does Harden really do that regularly?

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/27/zach-randolph-rockets-played-grizzles-eight-against-five/

He does it quite a bit when a defender reaches in. Generally it's already a foul before he grabs on to sell it. In that situation Johnson kind of body checked him while he was bringing the ball up the court. It was poor defense since they were already in the penalty.


And I've never buried my head in the sand and tried to deny Durant doing that is cheap. I've admitted many times I don't like him doing that. Yet there's several of Rockets fans in this thread claiming Harden'smFTs last night were legit.

Most of the fouls were legit. Harden is relentless at attacking the basket and many times he gets no calls even when fouled. And sometimes he gets a call when there was not one. He puts a lot of pressure on refs. Also his flopping does not help his reputation but he is not the only star that does it. Hate the game, not the player.

[el_locoteee]

And I've never buried my head in the sand and tried to deny Durant doing that is cheap. I've admitted many times I don't like him doing that. Yet there's several of Rockets fans in this thread claiming Harden'smFTs last night were legit.

Most of them were legit, other he exaggerated the contact aka every superstar in the nba.

The difference is that Memphis is used to play very physical every game and most of the time they get away with it, because they know the NBA will swallow the whistle if to many fouls are call, so later on games they can play with lot of physicality, just like Sloan's Utah used to play defense.

If Memphis is call they right way every night, most game will be like.

Don't blame Harden for taking advantage of the new NBA rules, if they don't like they can switch it back to 80's basketball or don't foul under the new rules.