Originally Posted by
Steven43
I was specifically referring to the 2018 playoffs as the time when Harden should have been able to carry his team to the championship. Golden State did not play well in the series with Houston. They were ripe to be taken down. Also, Lebron did not have Kyrie (as you mistakenly stated). He was already on Boston. And Toronto did not yet have Kawhi Leonard (as you mistakenly implied).
Houston should have been able to win it all that year, but Harden was a poor leader and choked. Yes, Chris Paul got hurt late in the series and that didn’t help, but those games were there for the taking and Harden didn’t finish. They probably should have won that series in five or six games. You cannot look at stats after the fact and understand. You had to have watched the games.
Don't people think that if Chris Paul had played in game seven, the Rockets would have won?
Sage Grouse
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