WCQF | (3) Houston Rockets vs Oklahoma City Thunder (6) | HOU 2-1

[Patches Perry]

Is it fair to say Harden, despite pretty stats, just didn't make his teammates better tonight and that's why they lost?

James Harden played well because he didn't need 40 shots to get 40 points.

Empty stats. Didn't trust his teammates or make them better. Despite padding his numbers, he is the real reason they lost. Other guys had it going but Harden was hell bent on taking hero shots.

/s

[Clyde Frazier]

So unless Westbrook magically got new teammates who all have happen to have the same name, can people never again say that his teammates are so bad that he is forced to take all the shots for them to have a chance to win? Somehow he only took 20+ shots and the Thunder still pulled out the win.

people don't actually say that.

[BallerTalk]

Is it fair to say Harden, despite pretty stats, just didn't make his teammates better tonight and that's why they lost?

James Harden played well because he didn't need 40 shots to get 40 points.

Empty stats. Didn't trust his teammates or make them better. Despite padding his numbers, he is the real reason they lost. Other guys had it going but Harden was hell bent on taking hero shots.

/s

Yep that 4/18 FG 4th quarter was just embarrassing.
Oh wait.

[Patches Perry]

James Harden played well because he didn't need 40 shots to get 40 points.

Empty stats. Didn't trust his teammates or make them better. Despite padding his numbers, he is the real reason they lost. Other guys had it going but Harden was hell bent on taking hero shots.

/s

Yep that 4/18 FG 4th quarter was just embarrassing.
Oh wait.

Yep, shoulda made their teammates better.

[Clyde Frazier]

I think this game dispel's the myth that Harden has a much better supporting cast than Westbrook.

I mean we just got the direct comparison.

yeah, those one game sample sizes sure put a definitive end to any debate

[gmoney411]

Is it fair to say Harden, despite pretty stats, just didn't make his teammates better tonight and that's why they lost?

James Harden played well because he didn't need 40 shots to get 40 points.

Empty stats. Didn't trust his teammates or make them better. Despite padding his numbers, he is the real reason they lost. Other guys had it going but Harden was hell bent on taking hero shots.

/s

This would have been much funnier if Harden didn't shoot 52%

[BallerTalk]

Empty stats. Didn't trust his teammates or make them better. Despite padding his numbers, he is the real reason they lost. Other guys had it going but Harden was hell bent on taking hero shots.

/s

Yep that 4/18 FG 4th quarter was just embarrassing.
Oh wait.

Yep, shoulda made their teammates better.

Guess he was too busy chasing triple doubles instead of putting his team in position to win.
Probabaly the same reason they underacheived all season long.

[MoMan24]

Empty stats. Didn't trust his teammates or make them better. Despite padding his numbers, he is the real reason they lost. Other guys had it going but Harden was hell bent on taking hero shots.

/s

Yep that 4/18 FG 4th quarter was just embarrassing.
Oh wait.

Yep, shoulda made their teammates better.

Westbrook apologist troll LOL. Its one thing to take the last 2 shots of a game. It another thing to take the last 18. Just be happy Adams got the putback.

[red96]

Is it fair to say Harden, despite pretty stats, just didn't make his teammates better tonight and that's why they lost?

No sir, you fail. Harden beasted, will the starters clanked open shots and fumbled passes. Sorry, Russell's 4th quarter will never duplicated. Russ did try to give the game away again though. Looking forward to game 4 to see if OKC can sustain this offensive onslaught. Good win by OKC.

[Dupp]

Russ is great but hes kinda starting to ruin triple doubles for me. Everything is about the numbers now. I mean from the media not him chasing them.

[Patches Perry]

Westbrook did gain rebounds due to team strategy throughout the season, but tonight illustrated why he is actually the greatest rebounding guard ever. Some of his boards tonight were ridiculous. I want to say 4-5 of them were way above the rim out of nowhere. I need to watch the replay.

[Hello Brooklyn]

I think this game dispel's the myth that Harden has a much better supporting cast than Westbrook.

I mean we just got the direct comparison.

yeah, those one game sample sizes sure put a definitive end to any debate

Funny how everyone (I'm sure you included ) was railing about how terrible Westbrook's cast was last game based on "one game."

It's a myth that has never been supported by the facts.

And now that we have a direct comparison, I see evidence to the contrary.

[RunOKC]

I think this game dispel's the myth that Harden has a much better supporting cast than Westbrook.

I mean we just got the direct comparison.

yeah, those one game sample sizes sure put a definitive end to any debate

Funny how everyone (I'm sure you included ) was railing about how terrible Westbrook's cast was last game based on "one game."

It's a myth that has never been supported by the facts.

And now that we have a direct comparison, I see evidence to the contrary.

Yeah people have DEFINITELY been calling the supporting cast terrible based on one game and not the 82 game sample size !!

[Hello Brooklyn]

yeah, those one game sample sizes sure put a definitive end to any debate

Funny how everyone (I'm sure you included ) was railing about how terrible Westbrook's cast was last game based on "one game."

It's a myth that has never been supported by the facts.

And now that we have a direct comparison, I see evidence to the contrary.

Yeah people have DEFINITELY been calling the supporting cast terrible based on one game and not the 82 game sample size !!

Yeah cause head to head matchups are useless and prove nothing.

Let's just cancel the series and give it to the MVP candidate with who you think has the better supporting cast.

[Black star]

So unless Westbrook magically got new teammates who all have happen to have the same name, can people never again say that his teammates are so bad that he is forced to take all the shots for them to have a chance to win? Somehow he only took 20+ shots and the Thunder still pulled out the win.

people don't actually say that.

Oh ok. I remember both media personalities and people on this forum responding to his 4th quarter last game with "what do you expect? His teammates can't hit shots and the Thunder's best option is him so taking 18 shots isn't really crazy." Are you saying people weren't arguing that idea?

[rockets22]

The Rockets are just playing garbage right now. That is two straight games that we are not even playing anywhere near our peak. We are playing at 50 to 60 % of what we can or should be. Ariza, Gordon and Anderson are stinking it up from the 3pt line and in Ariza's case he is stinking it up period.

Having said that we should be able to overcome these guys when both Ariza and Gordon get it going along with Ryno. The problem is this kind of garbage aint going to cut it against the Spurs or the Grizzlies.

[RunOKC]

Funny how everyone (I'm sure you included ) was railing about how terrible Westbrook's cast was last game based on "one game."

It's a myth that has never been supported by the facts.

And now that we have a direct comparison, I see evidence to the contrary.

Yeah people have DEFINITELY been calling the supporting cast terrible based on one game and not the 82 game sample size !!

Yeah cause head to head matchups are useless and prove nothing.

Let's just cancel the series and give it to the MVP candidate with who you think has the better supporting cast.

Didn't mention anything about MVP but ok

Plus you still didn't address what i replied to

[Gil]

Actually surprised how easily Harden is outplaying Westbrook so far. Was the other way round in the regular season.

Probably worrying for Rockets that they aren't 3-0 up despite Harden being the best player in the series so far considering everyone would agree Houston have the much better supporting cast.

[BlueLion]

Actually surprised how easily Harden is outplaying Westbrook so far. Was the other way round in the regular season.

Probably worrying for Rockets that they aren't 3-0 up despite Harden being the best player in the series so far considering everyone would agree Houston have the much better supporting cast.

He scored more than 60 points on FT through three games. He had 18 FT yesterday while shooting 11 3PT attempts. He didn't outplay Westbrook yet but I give him credit because he is exposing rules.

[Gil]

Actually surprised how easily Harden is outplaying Westbrook so far. Was the other way round in the regular season.

Probably worrying for Rockets that they aren't 3-0 up despite Harden being the best player in the series so far considering everyone would agree Houston have the much better supporting cast.

He scored more than 60 points on FT through three games. He had 18 FT yesterday while shooting 11 3PT attempts. He didn't outplay Westbrook yet but I give him credit because he is exposing rules.

Westbrook is 2nd in FTAs with 13.3 you troll.

And yes, he's much better than Westbrook. Not even close.