What’s going on in James Harden’s head is sometimes difficult to understand. We had another striking example of this on Wednesday during an action that occurred while his team was largely leading in Portland (60-81, 32nd). The “Bearded” fixes the Blazers defense and brings out the ball for Kawhi Leonard, left alone in the left corner. So alone that Harden turns into… a defender to obstruct his teammate’s three-pointer, who misses the shot.
“It was to put a little excitement in the team, did he justify himself very seriously. We’ve been going through a tunnel in recent weeks (the Clippers had lost four out of five games before this one). Every team goes through this. So I said to myself that we had to try something to change the mood and wake everyone up a little. Well, it would have been better if he had taken his shot, but at least it gave us something fun and exciting. »
