Mike Brown When I was in GS and we played Houston we counted James Hardens dribbles We told our guys he's dribbling close to 1000 times a game Keep picking him up full court and making him dribble At the end of the game it would wear him down

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

JB Bickerstaff on Tobias Harris efficiency postgame - There's so many guys that think dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble is a game

Mike Brown It's no secret we were attacking Harden

Mike Brown complains in the postgame conference of Game 3 about the free throw discrepancy between the two games Charles Barkley Shaquille O'Neal and Draymond Green criticize him for that

Mike Brown I don't know what to do about the free throw line 22 to 6 in the 2nd halfit's a pretty big discrepancy for a halfmaybe we were fouling and they weren't fouling

All the 102 field goals made by James Harden in the current 2026 NBA Playoffs18 games playedHe scored a total of 345 points in 672 minutes played and went 102249 FG 410 38128 from 3 299 103124 FT 831