Final

@NBA 10 ай бұрын

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@colombianprincess8061 10 ай бұрын

How can I find the anthem buddy kids of today?

@oneword5217 10 ай бұрын

Please stop adding scores to the thumbnails. You are spoiling the party.

@theamateurconversationalis71 10 ай бұрын

Will you stupid matriarchal fornicators please stop putting the SCORE in the thumbnail. If it's a fantastic finish don't give away the outcome. WTF? SMH.

@zacharytaylor1366 10 ай бұрын

Will never understand the approach of "hey! come watch this WILD ENDING (Oh and here is the final score by the way)." Get me every time.

@gptraining89 10 ай бұрын

It sucks, they shouldn't put it in the thumbnail

@Chaz1724 10 ай бұрын

Real hoopers don’t care, we watch to study the game. Real hoopers know 🏀

@Rjamesm1988 10 ай бұрын

@@Chaz1724that’s just not smart dude

@neelmoudgil4962 10 ай бұрын

Agreed! Let’s us watch the video to find out, basic KZbin thumbnail logic

@hpavil 10 ай бұрын

ive been commenting this for 2 years now. the editors are just ret*rded. in fact recently they've doubled down and now sure to feature the winner as the thumbnail picture (sometimes literally with hands up celebrating a win), so even if you manage to avoid looking at the score they still spoil it.

@devvv4616 10 ай бұрын

5:32 most emotion ive seen from Kawhi

@teknosql4740 10 ай бұрын

Its the system signature, all basket ball entusiast must now if the system signature ia deadly move

@popnfresh2928 10 ай бұрын

Agreed, Kawhi is the most calmest player I have ever seen, he’s very boring to watch😂😂😂 but as long as clip fans win some games, they don’t mine😂😂😂…..

@cole4939 10 ай бұрын

as a raptors fan, nah it's not 😂

@Eythora94 10 ай бұрын

2secs later, he was like "oh shit! why did I do that" LOL

@Idkwhatimdoingwiththisname 10 ай бұрын

What about the 2019 game winner

@RelaxsorusEphompine-hl8of 10 ай бұрын

When james harden hit that 3 and got a foul I started LEVITATING

@tempaccount69420 10 ай бұрын

1st game the fraud clippers have won this month, don't get ur hopes up this team is going nowhere just a bunch of washed up shot chucker's. NBA PAYED THE ROCKETS TO THROW GAME FOR RATINGS.

@Rivs5117 10 ай бұрын

LMAOOOOO

@hueyang5943 10 ай бұрын

Mr T aka James Harden 🤣

@DradaNBA_ 10 ай бұрын

Thanks to NBA and you guys for sharing the polls on my page❤🎉.

@paarkoz 10 ай бұрын

If you made that money you were LEVITATING in heaven trust

@clarencezzz45 10 ай бұрын

Rockets vs Refs 🤡💰🤑🔥🖕🔥🗑️

@indelaxiom 10 ай бұрын

STOP PUTTING THE DAMN SCORE IN THE THUMBNAIL!!

@larrydeanstevenson 10 ай бұрын

Ikr, spoils everything

@hazorg16 10 ай бұрын

Houston's often in this wild ending videos this season. Unfortunate loss but we're here.

@thevoiceteensphilippinesto2584 10 ай бұрын

6 games winning streak is wild specially they beat denver laker and gsw

@DavidRotin 10 ай бұрын

Not gsw

@stump4522 10 ай бұрын

Yall Rockets are solid this year😊😊

@asceticblur 10 ай бұрын

There was some incredibly sketchy officiating in this game.

@jumpman23madj1 10 ай бұрын

Very happy for Harden. Hope the Clippers can get a streak going after this one

@acornsucks2111 10 ай бұрын

I don't care about the Clippers, but Jim is a likable guy.

@dirkit247 10 ай бұрын

they'll be back to there ways next game.

@0p41 10 ай бұрын

A game where Harden was actually the difference. CLUTCH 🔥

@tempaccount69420 10 ай бұрын

1st game the fraud clippers have won this month, don't get ur hopes up this team is going nowhere just a bunch of washed up shot chucker's. NBA PAYED THE ROCKETS TO THROW GAME FOR RATINGS.

@DradaNBA_ 10 ай бұрын

Thanks to NBA and you guys for sharing the polls on my page❤🎉.

@sakshamdwivedi4273 10 ай бұрын

He got clowned on for calling himself one of the most unselfish players ever. But Beardman's been sacrificing his talents his whole career with very little pouting. In OKC, Scott Brooks played him as 6th man for 3 years in, despite being one of the most talented players on the team. In Houston, Tim Fertitta refused to go over the luxury tax and surround him with better players, despite being one game away from an NBA finals in 2018. (The next year he averaged 36ppg 7rpg 8apg) In Brooklyn, Kyrie Irving played less games then Harden, despite Harden being injured. In Philadelphia, he took a pay cut so the Doc Rivers could sign more depth, despite being owed $15million more. Generational talent that's been adapting and being unselfish since he entered the league when the 2019 rockets are down 0-2 and he averages 40/10/5 the next 2 games to tie it up, it doesn't count. when he puts up 35/8/5 and has more points/rebounds/assists/steals than steph in game 6, he sucked and steph was legendary to win without KD. in the bubble he put up 30 ppg on 67 TS% against an elite lakers defense that was just doubling him near halfcourt and leaving russ wide open. but he sucked. he also tends to have his best games end in near losses, which unless he has a time machine, i'm not sure what he can do about. putting up 39/10/9 on 62% shooting (field goal, not TS%) against the #1 defense 2015 warriors and being +12 in 41 minutes, only for the rockets to be -13 in his 7 minutes off so he loses by 1 gets forgotten. still a great game. he goes up 3-2 on the most talented team ever but cp3 gets injured so no credit for harden. he's had some disappointing playoff moments, but people way overplay it. I mean Harden does have 9 playoff games where he scored 40+ points, including 3 in the 2018 playoff run alone. Curry has 7 such games in his career. Butler has 6. Melo had 4. Harden certainly deserves plenty of criticism. But this idea that he’s never gone off in the playoffs is ridiculous. He generally had just kind of ok supporting casts and regularly made some decent playoff runs. His Rockets were also the only team to really give a healthy KD Warriors any real trouble. Cavs got swept and lost in 5. I think if you take "Most Valuable Player" literally, Harden should have won. Take Steph Curry off of that Warriors team, and that's still a good team. Take James Harden off of that Rockets team (keep in mind that Dwight was also missing for most of the season), and that team is very close to the very bottom of the West. Steph Curry had a phenomenal season, but I'm tired of team performance being taken into account so heavily in individual accolades. Edit: This is also coming from a guy whose least favorite player in the NBA is James Harden (tied with Draymond Green). Harden 2014-15. With out Harden the Rockets probably dont make the playoffs. With out Curry the Warriors still make the playoffs, just not as the first seed. I feel like considering that Dwight was injured most of the season and Harden fucking went ham to keep his team a float, that the MVP should have gone to him. The only knock on Harden was his percentages, but Harden still averaged 27.4 points, 7 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.9 steals for the season. Dem be MVP numbuhs. James Harden is an underrated defender and I will argue that to the grave The only reason mainstream media views harden as a bad defensive player is because of lowlight tapes where harden doesn’t sprint across the court to guard a speedy fast break but when Lebron sags on defense it’s considered conserving energy. Efficiency wise if a player is a huge plus on offense it makes sense to have them expend the majority of their energy getting points instead of making high energy cost/low return defensive plays. Especially when that player is by far the most effective offensive player on the team. Lebrons famous 48 minute playoff games utilize this strategy and Harden is the highest usage player in league history so it’s less about defensive skill as opposed to a strategic decision. This is why Harden prefers to guard bigs in the post where his style is more about stealing low rather than jumping to block. And when looking at his defensive efficiency in the post it’s up there with the best in the league. Defense isn’t necessarily about the flashy blocks of a Giannis or the scrappy pestering of a Pat Beverly. It’s about not letting the other team score the ball and Harden does a good not great job at that. I rest my case. At their peaks, Harden IS a better offensive player than Jordan (and Kobe) by every imaginable metric. Harden is a better offensive player at his peak than Jordan. Some of this is going to sound repetitive but follow along. Kobe averaged 5 rebounds and 4 assists in his 35.1ppg season. He did that on 27 FGAs, and a 56% TS Jordan averaged 5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in his 37ppg season. He did that on 28 FGAs, and a 56% TS. Harden averaged 7 rebounds and 8 assists in his 36.1ppg season. He's doing that on 24 FGAs and a 61% TS. Yeah well Harden shoots too many free throws. Harden: 11 FTA (88%) Jordan: 11.9 FTA (85.7%) Kobe: 10.2 FTA (85%) Yeah well Harden shoots too many threes that's why his TS is high. Harden: 54.1 eFG%, 52.9% from 2, 36.8% from 3 Kobe: 49.1 eFG%, 48.2% from 2, 34.7% from 3 MJ: 48.4 eFG%, 49.1% from 2, 18.2% from 3 (only on 0.8 attempts though) Yeah well the game was much slower back then. Per 100 Possessions: Harden: 48.2 PPG (highest of all time) MJ: 46.4 PPG Kobe: 45.6 PPG Yeah well compared to their league, Jordan stood out more. Then let's compare to the league average. Harden: 54.1 eFG% and 61.7 TS%, League Average: 52.4 eFG% and 55.7 TS% Kobe: 49.1 eFG% and 55.9 TS%, League Average: 49 eFG% and 53.5 TS% MJ: 48.4 eFG% and 56.2 TS%, League Average: 48.8 eFG% and 53.8 TS% This isn't even factoring in seasons Harden has averaged 10+ assists, and he's done that many times. Harden is a very capable defender when he tries. For majority of the game Harden plays defense but allows blowbys to avoid risking picking up fouls. Due to his heavy minutes, especially when he was in Houston, harden lacked in defense to avoid getting fouls, which is why he is known as a bad defender. However, in late game situations, especially in the playoffs, he locks in and is one of the better perimeter defensive players in the league. As for his post defense, he has been number one in the league statistically since 2019, and has even been second in the league in perimeter isolation points allowed per possession in 2020. In addition to all of that, he is an extremely smart player defensively. He knows when to help, where other players need to stand and is known for his defensive communication. His Houston rockets had the number one defense in the playoffs and in the bubble of 2020. Statistically James has been top 5 in steals for many seasons, number one in deflections for a few years, and has the most blocks by any guard since joining Houston. He has crucial defensive saves in important games including against Giannis, Porzingis, in game 7 of okc thunder, and even against embiid in the 2020 rockets 76ers matchup, where embiid got in a little skirmish with him after harden stopped him on back to back possessions. He may not play it the whole game, but when he tries harden is a top defender in almost every aspect, and a beneficial one to have on the court due to his intelligence. And people talking bout his defense are idiots, hes locked up and then shit on Kawhi/PG/Beverly in a 1v3 lmaoooo he has the most points on every team too plus like 3 years of 10+ assists and the others are 8-9 assists on top of 30-36.6 points. He's the only one who even challenged the KD Era warriors and lost because of blatant ref fixing and Ariza going 0-12 on wide open threes generated by Harden along with his second best player CP3 going down and Capela getting sonned by a rookie Looney. Harden was literally dunking on draymond all day and dray got pissed and shoved him like 30 seconds into a game because he got scored on twice fast. That's not even mentioning all that happened while facing the KD warriors who had 5 star players, 2 of which were the number one and number two best shooters in the history of the league, Dpoy draymond, a top 2-3 scorer in Durant, Iggy dpoy. Then waiving off 12 of Hardens points but not making the same call if he missed the 3...blatant lmao Harden has been a top 3 hardest working player for the past 10 years. Just because he likes strip clubs and partying doesn't mean he disregards practice and conditioning. This sub is just going with assuming narratives instead of taking 5 minutes to find out that Harden's workouts have been Kobe-levels insane for many seasons, doing HIT lifting after having played 40 minutes in an NBA game with historic usage and scoring rate for entire seasons because the durability demanded from Harden forced him to be insanely well conditioned. There are countless stories as well as statements by his staff and teammates about it, it's just easier to shit on a player for partying instead. Literally everybody who's ever played with Harden attests to his one-of-a-kind work ethic. The reason Harden has been struggling are injuries and playing through them as well as the miles on his body but it's 10000% not because he's lazy. He ONCE forced Houstons hand for 3 weeks because they wouldn't trade him despite his demands many months before the situation escalated. Other than that he's been more than textbook when it comes to work ethic, you don't become such a legendary offensive Superstar without working your ass off every day for many years. And yes Harden can come back, he's one of the most skilled players ever and he works out like a madman.

@dejavutheguru 10 ай бұрын

Man wrote an essay 😂

@LarryVillanueva-n2x 10 ай бұрын

xD

@KingLeonLionheart 10 ай бұрын

Harden with the game-winning three-pointer.

@tempaccount69420 10 ай бұрын

1st game the fraud clippers have won this month, don't get ur hopes up this team is going nowhere just a bunch of washed up shot chucker's. NBA PAYED THE ROCKETS TO THROW GAME FOR RATINGS.

@bidyutbiswas4588 10 ай бұрын

3 & 1 😂😂😂😂

@stretcha3787 10 ай бұрын

Man those refs really wanted the Clips to win lmao. Tough loss for the Rockets

@alihuchyad7929 10 ай бұрын

that clippers offense is terrible, when a guy has the ball the others just stand and wait for their turn to get the ball

@moogerchee2287 10 ай бұрын

last 2 minutes was good when harden has the ball on his hands and zubac could actually score, the rest of the game was just fucking pg13 shooting fadeaways

@franksampedro5731 10 ай бұрын

Eh, it's a new system, they'll figure it out

@tsunamigamingandvlogz1608 10 ай бұрын

I actually think their offence is very effective in the clutch due to the nature of teams using high amounts of iso offence in clutch time. PG, Harden, and Kawhi are all elite iso players, but overall I agree they need a better system to move the ball on offence throughout the whole game. I believe that’s why Russ should be starting over Harden

@moogerchee2287 10 ай бұрын

russ does not move the ball around as well as harden during offense, but he does better in fast counterattacks, russ would actually contribute to the team if pj tucker stops having the same playing period as him@@tsunamigamingandvlogz1608

@BMWm3GtsMark 10 ай бұрын

That block by PG

@ABG_7 10 ай бұрын

Yea wtf commentator didn't even give him credit

@Boutdemdollas317 10 ай бұрын

And then finished on the other end that was key play

@leebell3357 10 ай бұрын

No player in the NBA can master the step-back 3 like Harden. Magnificent shot,James. I wish you the best!!!

@MadarakiFran 10 ай бұрын

That's because he invented it. He is the king of travels.

@sakshamdwivedi4273 10 ай бұрын

@@MadarakiFran He got clowned on for calling himself one of the most unselfish players ever. But Beardman's been sacrificing his talents his whole career with very little pouting. In OKC, Scott Brooks played him as 6th man for 3 years in, despite being one of the most talented players on the team. In Houston, Tim Fertitta refused to go over the luxury tax and surround him with better players, despite being one game away from an NBA finals in 2018. (The next year he averaged 36ppg 7rpg 8apg) In Brooklyn, Kyrie Irving played less games then Harden, despite Harden being injured. In Philadelphia, he took a pay cut so the Doc Rivers could sign more depth, despite being owed $15million more. Generational talent that's been adapting and being unselfish since he entered the league when the 2019 rockets are down 0-2 and he averages 40/10/5 the next 2 games to tie it up, it doesn't count. when he puts up 35/8/5 and has more points/rebounds/assists/steals than steph in game 6, he sucked and steph was legendary to win without KD. in the bubble he put up 30 ppg on 67 TS% against an elite lakers defense that was just doubling him near halfcourt and leaving russ wide open. but he sucked. he also tends to have his best games end in near losses, which unless he has a time machine, i'm not sure what he can do about. putting up 39/10/9 on 62% shooting (field goal, not TS%) against the #1 defense 2015 warriors and being +12 in 41 minutes, only for the rockets to be -13 in his 7 minutes off so he loses by 1 gets forgotten. still a great game. he goes up 3-2 on the most talented team ever but cp3 gets injured so no credit for harden. he's had some disappointing playoff moments, but people way overplay it. I mean Harden does have 9 playoff games where he scored 40+ points, including 3 in the 2018 playoff run alone. Curry has 7 such games in his career. Butler has 6. Melo had 4. Harden certainly deserves plenty of criticism. But this idea that he’s never gone off in the playoffs is ridiculous. He generally had just kind of ok supporting casts and regularly made some decent playoff runs. His Rockets were also the only team to really give a healthy KD Warriors any real trouble. Cavs got swept and lost in 5. I think if you take "Most Valuable Player" literally, Harden should have won. Take Steph Curry off of that Warriors team, and that's still a good team. Take James Harden off of that Rockets team (keep in mind that Dwight was also missing for most of the season), and that team is very close to the very bottom of the West. Steph Curry had a phenomenal season, but I'm tired of team performance being taken into account so heavily in individual accolades. Edit: This is also coming from a guy whose least favorite player in the NBA is James Harden (tied with Draymond Green). Harden 2014-15. With out Harden the Rockets probably dont make the playoffs. With out Curry the Warriors still make the playoffs, just not as the first seed. I feel like considering that Dwight was injured most of the season and Harden fucking went ham to keep his team a float, that the MVP should have gone to him. The only knock on Harden was his percentages, but Harden still averaged 27.4 points, 7 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.9 steals for the season. Dem be MVP numbuhs. James Harden is an underrated defender and I will argue that to the grave The only reason mainstream media views harden as a bad defensive player is because of lowlight tapes where harden doesn’t sprint across the court to guard a speedy fast break but when Lebron sags on defense it’s considered conserving energy. Efficiency wise if a player is a huge plus on offense it makes sense to have them expend the majority of their energy getting points instead of making high energy cost/low return defensive plays. Especially when that player is by far the most effective offensive player on the team. Lebrons famous 48 minute playoff games utilize this strategy and Harden is the highest usage player in league history so it’s less about defensive skill as opposed to a strategic decision. This is why Harden prefers to guard bigs in the post where his style is more about stealing low rather than jumping to block. And when looking at his defensive efficiency in the post it’s up there with the best in the league. Defense isn’t necessarily about the flashy blocks of a Giannis or the scrappy pestering of a Pat Beverly. It’s about not letting the other team score the ball and Harden does a good not great job at that. I rest my case. At their peaks, Harden IS a better offensive player than Jordan (and Kobe) by every imaginable metric. Harden is a better offensive player at his peak than Jordan. Some of this is going to sound repetitive but follow along. Kobe averaged 5 rebounds and 4 assists in his 35.1ppg season. He did that on 27 FGAs, and a 56% TS Jordan averaged 5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in his 37ppg season. He did that on 28 FGAs, and a 56% TS. Harden averaged 7 rebounds and 8 assists in his 36.1ppg season. He's doing that on 24 FGAs and a 61% TS. Yeah well Harden shoots too many free throws. Harden: 11 FTA (88%) Jordan: 11.9 FTA (85.7%) Kobe: 10.2 FTA (85%) Yeah well Harden shoots too many threes that's why his TS is high. Harden: 54.1 eFG%, 52.9% from 2, 36.8% from 3 Kobe: 49.1 eFG%, 48.2% from 2, 34.7% from 3 MJ: 48.4 eFG%, 49.1% from 2, 18.2% from 3 (only on 0.8 attempts though) Yeah well the game was much slower back then. Per 100 Possessions: Harden: 48.2 PPG (highest of all time) MJ: 46.4 PPG Kobe: 45.6 PPG Yeah well compared to their league, Jordan stood out more. Then let's compare to the league average. Harden: 54.1 eFG% and 61.7 TS%, League Average: 52.4 eFG% and 55.7 TS% Kobe: 49.1 eFG% and 55.9 TS%, League Average: 49 eFG% and 53.5 TS% MJ: 48.4 eFG% and 56.2 TS%, League Average: 48.8 eFG% and 53.8 TS% This isn't even factoring in seasons Harden has averaged 10+ assists, and he's done that many times. Harden is a very capable defender when he tries. For majority of the game Harden plays defense but allows blowbys to avoid risking picking up fouls. Due to his heavy minutes, especially when he was in Houston, harden lacked in defense to avoid getting fouls, which is why he is known as a bad defender. However, in late game situations, especially in the playoffs, he locks in and is one of the better perimeter defensive players in the league. As for his post defense, he has been number one in the league statistically since 2019, and has even been second in the league in perimeter isolation points allowed per possession in 2020. In addition to all of that, he is an extremely smart player defensively. He knows when to help, where other players need to stand and is known for his defensive communication. His Houston rockets had the number one defense in the playoffs and in the bubble of 2020. Statistically James has been top 5 in steals for many seasons, number one in deflections for a few years, and has the most blocks by any guard since joining Houston. He has crucial defensive saves in important games including against Giannis, Porzingis, in game 7 of okc thunder, and even against embiid in the 2020 rockets 76ers matchup, where embiid got in a little skirmish with him after harden stopped him on back to back possessions. He may not play it the whole game, but when he tries harden is a top defender in almost every aspect, and a beneficial one to have on the court due to his intelligence. And people talking bout his defense are idiots, hes locked up and then shit on Kawhi/PG/Beverly in a 1v3 lmaoooo he has the most points on every team too plus like 3 years of 10+ assists and the others are 8-9 assists on top of 30-36.6 points. He's the only one who even challenged the KD Era warriors and lost because of blatant ref fixing and Ariza going 0-12 on wide open threes generated by Harden along with his second best player CP3 going down and Capela getting sonned by a rookie Looney. Harden was literally dunking on draymond all day and dray got pissed and shoved him like 30 seconds into a game because he got scored on twice fast. That's not even mentioning all that happened while facing the KD warriors who had 5 star players, 2 of which were the number one and number two best shooters in the history of the league, Dpoy draymond, a top 2-3 scorer in Durant, Iggy dpoy. Then waiving off 12 of Hardens points but not making the same call if he missed the 3...blatant lmao Harden has been a top 3 hardest working player for the past 10 years. Just because he likes strip clubs and partying doesn't mean he disregards practice and conditioning. This sub is just going with assuming narratives instead of taking 5 minutes to find out that Harden's workouts have been Kobe-levels insane for many seasons, doing HIT lifting after having played 40 minutes in an NBA game with historic usage and scoring rate for entire seasons because the durability demanded from Harden forced him to be insanely well conditioned. There are countless stories as well as statements by his staff and teammates about it, it's just easier to shit on a player for partying instead. Literally everybody who's ever played with Harden attests to his one-of-a-kind work ethic. The reason Harden has been struggling are injuries and playing through them as well as the miles on his body but it's 10000% not because he's lazy. He ONCE forced Houstons hand for 3 weeks because they wouldn't trade him despite his demands many months before the situation escalated. Other than that he's been more than textbook when it comes to work ethic, you don't become such a legendary offensive Superstar without working your ass off every day for many years. And yes Harden can come back, he's one of the most skilled players ever and he works out like a madman.

@duk3335 10 ай бұрын

@@sakshamdwivedi4273all true and I watched every bit of it, I’d argue that he’s a better playoff performer than he gets credit for. the losses just look extra bad because he always is the main guy for the most part and he didn’t get over the hump so that’s what people remember but I don’t think anyone could of pushed the kd warriors with Scott foster refereeing those games the way harden did😂

@KKOPPONG 10 ай бұрын

Have you watched Steph Curry play basketball?

@teknosql4740 10 ай бұрын

Because he is a system

@pedrodurty47 10 ай бұрын

I’m happy for Harden man! Everyone is so quick to run with the narratives and it’s not right. None of know what was really happening in Philly and the narrative is always against the player

@Browsinginb 10 ай бұрын

What narrative, hes a team killer when hes not the nr1 option. When hes the nr1 option, that team will never go far in the playoffa

@tkh525 10 ай бұрын

@@Browsinginbthe narrative that he chokes his guts out in the playoffs is 100% accurate

@pedrodurty47 10 ай бұрын

@@Browsinginb you so brainwashed, you don’t even realize when you spitting the same lines as these analysts. James Harden is a baller. He doesn’t deserve any other title based on what he’s brought to the game.

@pedrodurty47 10 ай бұрын

@@tkh525 the playoffs is brutal in the NBA and NFL. A team that barely made it to the dance can heat up and dominate. The post season is about coaching and adjustments in a seven game series. Star players don’t mean anything at that point!!!

@socksonfeet8125 10 ай бұрын

Still not impressed with Clips. It looked more like Rockets blew it rather than Clippers Hero ball winning it. Look at all those turnovers in the thr clutch. Just young guys not knowing how to close ...yet.

@user-os1yg3zl6i 10 ай бұрын

The Rockets definitely had their chances but didn't capitalize

@carliejerry 10 ай бұрын

OMG I’m a Clippers fan but I was so tired last night, I fell asleep and woke up when around 6 minutiae’s left in the game but I thought the game was over and Clippers lost, but later realized the game was not over omg so I rushed to watch the last around 5 minutes of the game, so happy to see the Clippers win and so happy for James. When he made that shot, I couldn’t even believe, wow! This morning I’m watching this clip over and over again Thank you for the clip! lol Go clippers!

@joecox1193 10 ай бұрын

You missed the refs cheating their ass off to help clips sqeek by the Rockets.

@teresapenoliar2335 10 ай бұрын

@@joecox1193 just take the L man

@RetrieverTrainingAlone 10 ай бұрын

Harden had a good game shooting 50% from 3-pointers, 73% field goals. Good assists for easy buckets at 1:18 and 3:11. Critical 4-point play at 5:30 to seal the deal.

@artur583 10 ай бұрын

This is honestly hilarious. As long as it's not ur team harden is on, i love watching all his shinnanigans. He just brings so much entertainment value either making fun of him going 1-15 or him doing some shit like this 😂

@sakshamdwivedi4273 10 ай бұрын

He got clowned on for calling himself one of the most unselfish players ever. But Beardman's been sacrificing his talents his whole career with very little pouting. In OKC, Scott Brooks played him as 6th man for 3 years in, despite being one of the most talented players on the team. In Houston, Tim Fertitta refused to go over the luxury tax and surround him with better players, despite being one game away from an NBA finals in 2018. (The next year he averaged 36ppg 7rpg 8apg) In Brooklyn, Kyrie Irving played less games then Harden, despite Harden being injured. In Philadelphia, he took a pay cut so the Doc Rivers could sign more depth, despite being owed $15million more. Generational talent that's been adapting and being unselfish since he entered the league when the 2019 rockets are down 0-2 and he averages 40/10/5 the next 2 games to tie it up, it doesn't count. when he puts up 35/8/5 and has more points/rebounds/assists/steals than steph in game 6, he sucked and steph was legendary to win without KD. in the bubble he put up 30 ppg on 67 TS% against an elite lakers defense that was just doubling him near halfcourt and leaving russ wide open. but he sucked. he also tends to have his best games end in near losses, which unless he has a time machine, i'm not sure what he can do about. putting up 39/10/9 on 62% shooting (field goal, not TS%) against the #1 defense 2015 warriors and being +12 in 41 minutes, only for the rockets to be -13 in his 7 minutes off so he loses by 1 gets forgotten. still a great game. he goes up 3-2 on the most talented team ever but cp3 gets injured so no credit for harden. he's had some disappointing playoff moments, but people way overplay it. I mean Harden does have 9 playoff games where he scored 40+ points, including 3 in the 2018 playoff run alone. Curry has 7 such games in his career. Butler has 6. Melo had 4. Harden certainly deserves plenty of criticism. But this idea that he’s never gone off in the playoffs is ridiculous. He generally had just kind of ok supporting casts and regularly made some decent playoff runs. His Rockets were also the only team to really give a healthy KD Warriors any real trouble. Cavs got swept and lost in 5. I think if you take "Most Valuable Player" literally, Harden should have won. Take Steph Curry off of that Warriors team, and that's still a good team. Take James Harden off of that Rockets team (keep in mind that Dwight was also missing for most of the season), and that team is very close to the very bottom of the West. Steph Curry had a phenomenal season, but I'm tired of team performance being taken into account so heavily in individual accolades. Edit: This is also coming from a guy whose least favorite player in the NBA is James Harden (tied with Draymond Green). Harden 2014-15. With out Harden the Rockets probably dont make the playoffs. With out Curry the Warriors still make the playoffs, just not as the first seed. I feel like considering that Dwight was injured most of the season and Harden fucking went ham to keep his team a float, that the MVP should have gone to him. The only knock on Harden was his percentages, but Harden still averaged 27.4 points, 7 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.9 steals for the season. Dem be MVP numbuhs. James Harden is an underrated defender and I will argue that to the grave The only reason mainstream media views harden as a bad defensive player is because of lowlight tapes where harden doesn’t sprint across the court to guard a speedy fast break but when Lebron sags on defense it’s considered conserving energy. Efficiency wise if a player is a huge plus on offense it makes sense to have them expend the majority of their energy getting points instead of making high energy cost/low return defensive plays. Especially when that player is by far the most effective offensive player on the team. Lebrons famous 48 minute playoff games utilize this strategy and Harden is the highest usage player in league history so it’s less about defensive skill as opposed to a strategic decision. This is why Harden prefers to guard bigs in the post where his style is more about stealing low rather than jumping to block. And when looking at his defensive efficiency in the post it’s up there with the best in the league. Defense isn’t necessarily about the flashy blocks of a Giannis or the scrappy pestering of a Pat Beverly. It’s about not letting the other team score the ball and Harden does a good not great job at that. I rest my case. At their peaks, Harden IS a better offensive player than Jordan (and Kobe) by every imaginable metric. Harden is a better offensive player at his peak than Jordan. Some of this is going to sound repetitive but follow along. Kobe averaged 5 rebounds and 4 assists in his 35.1ppg season. He did that on 27 FGAs, and a 56% TS Jordan averaged 5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in his 37ppg season. He did that on 28 FGAs, and a 56% TS. Harden averaged 7 rebounds and 8 assists in his 36.1ppg season. He's doing that on 24 FGAs and a 61% TS. Yeah well Harden shoots too many free throws. Harden: 11 FTA (88%) Jordan: 11.9 FTA (85.7%) Kobe: 10.2 FTA (85%) Yeah well Harden shoots too many threes that's why his TS is high. Harden: 54.1 eFG%, 52.9% from 2, 36.8% from 3 Kobe: 49.1 eFG%, 48.2% from 2, 34.7% from 3 MJ: 48.4 eFG%, 49.1% from 2, 18.2% from 3 (only on 0.8 attempts though) Yeah well the game was much slower back then. Per 100 Possessions: Harden: 48.2 PPG (highest of all time) MJ: 46.4 PPG Kobe: 45.6 PPG Yeah well compared to their league, Jordan stood out more. Then let's compare to the league average. Harden: 54.1 eFG% and 61.7 TS%, League Average: 52.4 eFG% and 55.7 TS% Kobe: 49.1 eFG% and 55.9 TS%, League Average: 49 eFG% and 53.5 TS% MJ: 48.4 eFG% and 56.2 TS%, League Average: 48.8 eFG% and 53.8 TS% This isn't even factoring in seasons Harden has averaged 10+ assists, and he's done that many times. Harden is a very capable defender when he tries. For majority of the game Harden plays defense but allows blowbys to avoid risking picking up fouls. Due to his heavy minutes, especially when he was in Houston, harden lacked in defense to avoid getting fouls, which is why he is known as a bad defender. However, in late game situations, especially in the playoffs, he locks in and is one of the better perimeter defensive players in the league. As for his post defense, he has been number one in the league statistically since 2019, and has even been second in the league in perimeter isolation points allowed per possession in 2020. In addition to all of that, he is an extremely smart player defensively. He knows when to help, where other players need to stand and is known for his defensive communication. His Houston rockets had the number one defense in the playoffs and in the bubble of 2020. Statistically James has been top 5 in steals for many seasons, number one in deflections for a few years, and has the most blocks by any guard since joining Houston. He has crucial defensive saves in important games including against Giannis, Porzingis, in game 7 of okc thunder, and even against embiid in the 2020 rockets 76ers matchup, where embiid got in a little skirmish with him after harden stopped him on back to back possessions. He may not play it the whole game, but when he tries harden is a top defender in almost every aspect, and a beneficial one to have on the court due to his intelligence. And people talking bout his defense are idiots, hes locked up and then shit on Kawhi/PG/Beverly in a 1v3 lmaoooo he has the most points on every team too plus like 3 years of 10+ assists and the others are 8-9 assists on top of 30-36.6 points. He's the only one who even challenged the KD Era warriors and lost because of blatant ref fixing and Ariza going 0-12 on wide open threes generated by Harden along with his second best player CP3 going down and Capela getting sonned by a rookie Looney. Harden was literally dunking on draymond all day and dray got pissed and shoved him like 30 seconds into a game because he got scored on twice fast. That's not even mentioning all that happened while facing the KD warriors who had 5 star players, 2 of which were the number one and number two best shooters in the history of the league, Dpoy draymond, a top 2-3 scorer in Durant, Iggy dpoy. Then waiving off 12 of Hardens points but not making the same call if he missed the 3...blatant lmao Harden has been a top 3 hardest working player for the past 10 years. Just because he likes strip clubs and partying doesn't mean he disregards practice and conditioning. This sub is just going with assuming narratives instead of taking 5 minutes to find out that Harden's workouts have been Kobe-levels insane for many seasons, doing HIT lifting after having played 40 minutes in an NBA game with historic usage and scoring rate for entire seasons because the durability demanded from Harden forced him to be insanely well conditioned. There are countless stories as well as statements by his staff and teammates about it, it's just easier to shit on a player for partying instead. Literally everybody who's ever played with Harden attests to his one-of-a-kind work ethic. The reason Harden has been struggling are injuries and playing through them as well as the miles on his body but it's 10000% not because he's lazy. He ONCE forced Houstons hand for 3 weeks because they wouldn't trade him despite his demands many months before the situation escalated. Other than that he's been more than textbook when it comes to work ethic, you don't become such a legendary offensive Superstar without working your ass off every day for many years. And yes Harden can come back, he's one of the most skilled players ever and he works out like a madman.

@smoothoperator7023 10 ай бұрын

@@sakshamdwivedi4273All that, but when the playoff lights get bright, he chokes.

@OVOChatgpt 10 ай бұрын

haha facts hes must see

@moogerchee2287 10 ай бұрын

these 5 games, harden never went below 50% fg percentage and his true shooting percentage is 65

@devvv4616 10 ай бұрын

@@smoothoperator7023 he "choked" against one of the best teams of all time in the KD Warriors, who whooped Lebron every single time, im pretty sure Harden and the Rockets were the biggest threat to them rather than the Cavs. Still carried his team to the WCF, even bailed out the MVP last playoffs. That's much more than you can say guys who have a "killer" reputation like Dame.

@tjohnson321 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad they put the ball in Kawhi's hand at the end. He will make a good decision, whether it's him getting to a good shot (make or miss) or recognize the advantage.

@kobekobekobe 10 ай бұрын

bro he threw a grenade to harden and harden bailed him out

@stev.a.n 10 ай бұрын

@@kobekobekobe😂😂😂

@zoranrajovich3246 10 ай бұрын

He missed clutch points against Grizz and Denver at last possessions

@tjohnson321 10 ай бұрын

@@kobekobekobe actually, he drew attention from Hardens defender , cause him to have to move more on that defensive play. Harden just got into his signature move, do what he is capable of doing.

@zerocal76 10 ай бұрын

@@tjohnson321 I 100% agree. Harden got into his dribble dribble, 3 pt shot then fall back like he got hit w/ some potent-ass invisible one-finger punch👍👍

@pauljoseph3081 10 ай бұрын

Kudos to Russ for stepping up and doing the right thing. But these Clippers will be lucky to survive in the playin tournament

@ml_records4975 10 ай бұрын

Finally Clippers making great game with that Harden's four point game. Great gam e by both teams

@ubeman401 10 ай бұрын

All of them made contributions in the dying minutes to get the victory. PG's block on Green was huge, Kawhi's critical hustle plays towards the end was also crucial, even Zubac's undergoal basket courtesy of Harden was also big but The System took the spotlight with that tremendous 3 and 1. It reminds everyone how good prime Harden was in a flash.Yes, you can still Fear The Beard. Its breathtaking.

@christopherabellera 10 ай бұрын

my number1 idol🎉🎉🎉

@ashtonwade2267 10 ай бұрын

What about kawhi foul on jalen green that was missed

@dreamteam284 10 ай бұрын

Man he needed that an the owner looks like a proud fathers

@peterhaslund 10 ай бұрын

Phantom fouls. How the refs envision that Harden clowning is worth charity boggles the mind...

@johndavid7361 10 ай бұрын

Maybe iam wrong but i guess paul george is the problem 😂

@franksterkb891 10 ай бұрын

kawhi finally showing emotions

@jeffreypignatelli6193 10 ай бұрын

Those free throws were clutch for the spread

@jamesgarde8495 10 ай бұрын

EVENTUALLY, THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN... AFTER 6 LOSES... GOOD GAME. 👍 NICE WAKE UP CALL 😂

@briantmichale9069 10 ай бұрын

Thank you refs

@tempaccount69420 10 ай бұрын

1st game the fraud clippers have won this month, don't get ur hopes up this team is going nowhere just a bunch of washed up shot chucker's. NBA PAYED THE ROCKETS TO THROW GAME FOR RATINGS.

@Htowntilidrown 10 ай бұрын

1:46 and 3:06 NBA confirmed missed calls on Harden and Kawhi. Literally changed the game. Sad to see Clippers need refs to end six game losing streak.

@dantezekubara2047 10 ай бұрын

Harden and zubac connection.. plus kawhi and pg at the wing is deadly.. if they can execute it well

@ahmetalp1107 10 ай бұрын

When Rockets 3 point shooters start making clutch time shoots, they will be unguardable team

@rosramos5167 10 ай бұрын

James Harden is clearly the system for this win..

@MolloyDadda247Luke 10 ай бұрын

Even though they lost, the Rockets are SCARY this season. Most improved team.

@vossti 10 ай бұрын

Ime udoka is one helluva coach

@Tman-v1z 10 ай бұрын

Don't forget the Orlando Magic

@OVOChatgpt 10 ай бұрын

They had won 6 straight havent played since like sunday... literally couldve easily won this game but fucked up lol

@Browsinginb 10 ай бұрын

Fred is a really good leader, he came up under kyle lowrys wings. Brooks will always play with heart and passion which brings a team together. The rest of the young guys have major potential and the addition of those 2 vets plus jeff green are perfect to get the young guys to where they need to be. Huston made perfect moves this season no matter how much ppl clowned them for the signings

@vaudou_ 10 ай бұрын

@@Tman-v1zAre they playing in this video? No right?

@Ant-Tee 10 ай бұрын

Houston to LA we have contact - Hardens back!

@VernanNg 10 ай бұрын

You know it's a regular season when Harden does this.

@АртемАндреев-з2д 10 ай бұрын

Harden did the same thing to Boston last PO. But there was a "true MVP " shit games which as ordinary prevent the 76th from EC final.

@Daddy_Savage23 10 ай бұрын

Ow 😂😂😂😂😂

@DradaNBA_ 10 ай бұрын

Thanks to NBA and you guys for sharing the polls on my page❤🎉.

@Negat1ve0n3 10 ай бұрын

Look what you made me do with my coffee...😂😂😂😂

@franksampedro5731 10 ай бұрын

Except for when he did it in the postseason a few months ago...

@nathanbedfordforest 10 ай бұрын

The media wants Harden to be washed so bad. The takes on this win with a 4 point play are going to be fun to listen to.

@robdawson5835 10 ай бұрын

All time leader in 4 point plays of course its harden 😂 that record will never be broken

@twitchtv8102 10 ай бұрын

The last shot with an and1 makes me miss the "beast Houston rockets Harden

@hedegitsin 10 ай бұрын

Refs butchered the game! Looks like Clippers players should break some arms and legs to be called a foul! 4 arms slaps in just 1 position by Kawhi yet no foul.

@asanguyen2823 9 ай бұрын

funny thing is that not long after the game harden had to shoot free throws AGAIN even after everybody celebrated and most of the people left. they added 0.1 to the clock so he could shoot. LOL edit: i only know it because i was there for those wondering how i know.

@mattmich13 10 ай бұрын

The clippers have fantastic announcers

@jamesgarde8495 10 ай бұрын

RUSS DID IT, WHY NOT HARDEN... 😅 THEY GOT 2 HALL OF FAMER GUARDS. IF ONE IS HAVING A BAD GAME, PLAY THE OTHER. NO BIG DEAL.

@thriftytraveler2001 10 ай бұрын

jalen green did not make enough effort down the stretch. He needs to be the Bucket getter in those last moments of the game not Segun. Jalen needs to have a Killer Mindset with a Winning Mentality

@ramyswamy 10 ай бұрын

How is it a foul of harden jumps forward a foot? Defender didn’t get under his entitled landing space at all. Someone plz explain

@kamscott4201 10 ай бұрын

Too you haters, told y'all give it time it will work. Shoutout to Russ for his sacrifice. Letttssss go Clippers 💪🏽🔥💯

@OrlandoDante-yx9xg 10 ай бұрын

Haters are all crying 😂

@user-gv1ud2oq1w 10 ай бұрын

Ain't nobody a hater, get off the bandwagon and go rep Orlando which should actually be your team "Orlando"Dante

@Raikouu0113 10 ай бұрын

Jalen Green 0 IQ shot selection

@clarencezzz45 10 ай бұрын

????????

@tsunamigamingandvlogz1608 10 ай бұрын

His shot selection is good this year, just been off so far

@nate666 10 ай бұрын

But if it was games seven second round Clippers would be headed for LAX to vacation islands lol 😄

@samyporrata5840 10 ай бұрын

Watched the whole game. Some of the worse officiating I’ve seen in a while

@dominiclee5786 10 ай бұрын

It's takes time. The wins will come for the Clippers.

@ezrashachar47 10 ай бұрын

james harden what a game tonight

@dunnwilliams303 10 ай бұрын

🎉🎉for the beard 🎉🎉 happy for him

@jasonw3304 10 ай бұрын

Let's go Clippers

@chris.asi_romeo 10 ай бұрын

A perfect way for the first win. A new era has began.🥇💍 🏆

@jamesmaguire9518 10 ай бұрын

I love how they are doing these last 3 minute videos.

@Ant-Tee 10 ай бұрын

What the heck is wrong with people thinking harden ain’t clutch!

@MrYoumitube 10 ай бұрын

I loved Kawhi defense down the stretch reminded me of his San Antonio and Raptor days.

@G30-h5e 10 ай бұрын

That harden 3saved my parlay lol 😂

@jesseramos1964 10 ай бұрын

Nice block by Paul George. And nice layup at the other end too. To hustle by George in the other end. That's how you know you trying

@burnthehighway6461 10 ай бұрын

imagine being happy beating the rockets with this roster...

@HybridVideos121 10 ай бұрын

kawhi defense is elite.

@trabahanti 10 ай бұрын

Clips in order for you to win & qualify to playoffs you must trade harden & george you need a young gun believe me not a star which is old ...

@Izleveogren1 10 ай бұрын

The referees were really disgusting.

@Daddy_Savage23 10 ай бұрын

Ion like like him but that 3 was cold ❄️🥶🥶

@finiyaho5655 10 ай бұрын

pertandingan menakjubkan tim clippers saya ulang ulang terus nonton bola basket nya ,seneng tim clippers menang dan Harden bermain sangat keren🎉❤

@chauhanashish9825 10 ай бұрын

Kawhi hasn't showed so much emotions after a shot since his dagger against 76ers

@orlandovazquez4934 10 ай бұрын

Mi favorito entre viento y marea el que es seguidor de un jugador o equipo no se quita sin importar el pronóstico asi somos saludos desde Puerto Rico

@StevenHallDesign 10 ай бұрын

For real??? You guys put the final score in a "wild ending" video's thumbnail?? I DONT EVEN WANT TO WATCH IT NOW

@mr.spytech6199 10 ай бұрын

FEAR THE BEARD🔥

@greasecheeks165 10 ай бұрын

Refs saved the clipper

@Native722 10 ай бұрын

Daniel Thesis

@iBladeSwifx 10 ай бұрын

Tate on the Rockets always fouls like that in the clutch lol

@VisualHighlights. 10 ай бұрын

need to see more of Westbrook Vs Brooks 🤣🤣🤣

@zfr33ze87 10 ай бұрын

Lmao legendary matchup

@Daddy_Savage23 10 ай бұрын

Russ ain't no bear like bron but u don't wanna poke him tho

@jtcash44 10 ай бұрын

Business opportunity - make this exact same page, call it something different, and just don’t show the score on the thumbnail.

@GregoryBaker 10 ай бұрын

The NBA is a business. They put the score in the thumbnail because you didn’t pay them for the nail-biting emotional part of the game. They want you to either go to the game or pay to have League Pass or a TV subscription like KZbin TV.

@bernarddelossantos8083 10 ай бұрын

Kawhi got that punching the air emote update.

@GATE21QNZ 10 ай бұрын

Withdrew all the money in my DraftKings account soon as I saw the foul with no time on the clock, for the Clippers to cover their -5.5 spread. Shady spread related play at the end of the Denver game too.

@Rice-qk9nb 10 ай бұрын

Congratulations to james harden winning his first championship last night ....

@ChiefCedricJohnson 10 ай бұрын

Proverbs 13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

@bestdressedtrapper763 10 ай бұрын

Didn’t Harden want to go back to Houston before Clips…. It’s only right he ice they ass lol

@anansison7237 10 ай бұрын

Why would Jalen Green take that terrible layup early in the shit clock🤦🏿‍♂️

@isaacsmith5611 7 ай бұрын

The shot that changed the trajectory of their season

@lennoxadu463 10 ай бұрын

The whole Houston rockets players and coach are punks for loosing this game.

@keegan3428 10 ай бұрын

Its not a legit win for sure everyone Who watch the ful game will understand me Clıppers is such a looser game Even the refs on their side clearly they almost lose again Pathetic

@Baz1903 10 ай бұрын

The refs gave the game to clippers

@LittleBoy08 10 ай бұрын

4 superstars against a non-superstar team and had to go down the line. That's a shame. These iso ball players are too dumb to execute a proper game play.