James Harden has underperformed in elimination games. But the media narrative is out of hand. He’s been one of the best playoff performers in the NBA over the past decade.
And now he’s being held to MVP standards while not even being voted an all star?
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2020 Houston
Round 1 vs OKC (4-3) W
30ppg 8apg 6rpg
Houston 2020 vs Lakers 1-4 L
29ppg 7apg 5rpg
50/38/84
Elimination Game: Harden scores 30 points on 60% FG. No Teamate shot better than 31% from field. Lakers go on to win championship.
All Harden’s fault 💯
Man I gotta return to Twitter just to defend James Harden. Perfect example of how media narratives screw perception.
It’s clearrrrr and obvious that James Harden has been bad in elimination games…everything else overblown.
Easily the most underrated player of last 30 years.
Brandon Marsh has done it all tonight. Two singles, a double, a triple, and some solid defense in center field.
That's the first four-hit game of his MLB career.