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‘It’s something I don’t think can be fixed’: More James Harden chaos in Houston


By the time Rockets head coach Stephen Silas motioned for a timeout with 4:57 remaining in the first quarter, James Harden had already reached his breaking point.

As the team moved procession-like to its socially distanced seats on the bench, Harden took a different route, alone. He plopped into his chair and threw a towel over his shoulder onto the floor. His frustration would get the best of him later, slamming a table after a foul and throwing an athletic band.

The last two possessions for Houston had ended with the ball in Harden’s hands attacking the rim only to be met with the towering Anthony Davis, who swatted both shots away like a harmless fly. On both occasions, a dejected Harden didn’t even get up off the floor to defend the ensuing Lakers possession. Sandwiched in between these plays was a LeBron James 3-pointer, a wide-open missed 3 from P.J. Tucker, a Rockets shot-clock violation and a Kentavious Caldwell-Pope triple. As the Lakers bench…





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