Warriors Beat Rockets As James Harden Can't Get Final Shot Off

James Harden was brilliant all game, putting up a ridiculous 38/10/9 line without a ton of help from his non-Dwight Howard teammates. But on the final play of the game, down 99-98 with seven seconds to attack a scrambling Warriors defense, Harden inexplicably passed the ball to Howard, and when he got it back he couldn’t corral it in time to take a game-winning attempt. It was basically the only time all game Harden chose not to attack, and he got burned for it.

He was not happy after the game:

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