A historic performance from James Harden, author of 55 points, revived the Los Angeles Clippers, winners 131-116 in Charlotte on Saturday in the NBA.
James Harden (36 years old), famous leader with a bushy beard, eleven times All-Star but never titled, thus broke the record for points in a match for a player of the franchise, until now held by Bob McAdoo (52 points) during the Buffalo Braves era in the 1970s.
Hardentop scorer in the NBA three seasons in a row (from 2017-2018 to 2019-2020) also holds this same record with the Houston Rockets (61 points in 2019), where he played from 2012 to 2021.
The Californian, eleventh best scorer in history, in his 17th season in the NBA, thus validated his 25th game at 50 points or more, as much as Kobe Bryantbut behind Michael Jordan (31) and the incomparable Wilt Chamberlain (118).
Saturday, for the first NBA game of the day, Harden blazed from the start of the game reaching halftime with 35 points, a record this season, to finish with 55 points on 17 out of 26 shooting (10 out of 16 from distance at 62.5%), 3 rebounds and 7 assists for a victory 131-116.
Hardenwho scores more than 28 points per game on average this season, is trying to save the Clippers, who have had a catastrophic start to the year (5 wins and 11 losses now).
