Kenny Atkinson James Harden is a good isolation defender I was a little more upset with our back line defense Everybody's putting it on James Sure some of it was him Sometimes micro experiences get exaggerated

James Harden We gotta do a better job as a team its not a one-man job in regards to defending Jalen Brunson

All the times James Harden was hunted on defense in the 4th quarter and overtime of game 1 vs the New York KnicksIncluding replays of some

James Harden was asked to self-assess his playoff run I think I did pretty good you know like I dont grade myself on shotmaking Defensively been extremely solid offensively you know getting guys shots and fitting into a system that was already in place

JB Bickerstaff on James Harden He has an unbelievable ability to manipulate what the rules are We would play 1 on 1 when I coached in Houston and he would foul bait me

SNY James Harden said the Eastern Conference Finals vs the knicks came down to shot-making They made shots - some open some just tough shots I don't think we made really any It's pretty much pinpointed

Kenny Atkinson in the postgame of Game 1I thought they hit some really tough shots in the 4th quarter we got a little unlucky quite honestlyI'm super proud of the way our group played We played great basketball tonight for 3 quartersHe blames fatigue for the drop