Rockets center, James Harden loses opening tip to Javale

James Harden turns the ball over in an important clutch possession Ausar Thompson steals the ball and the Pistons are one step closer to taking a 2-0 lead With replays and reaction by HardenHarden lost his dribbling skills this off-season

Jalen Brunson makes James Harden fall for the pump fake and tries to draw the 3-point from him but he fails and also misses the 3-pointer badly

James Harden splashes the step back 3 over Jalen Duren

Ausar Thompson strips James Harden and continues with a horrible alley-oop pass to Cade Cunningham on a 2-on-1 fastbreak Donovan Mitchell misses the floater and James Harden strips Tobias Harris

James Harden hits a corner 3 in Caris LeVert's face to give him 13 points

In a Deja Vu of game 1 Jalen Brunson attacks James Harden and scores the jumper over him