One of the reasons Houston traded Capela is to make teams pay for overcommitting to defending James Harden. Here are some examples from tonight's game

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

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

Hoop Collective From Stats Williams Pistons were 7 for 7 on drives defended by James Harden including 55 in the second half in Game 2 of the series

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

James Harden postgame when asked about his aggressivess - Its a team game so if the ball is moving to get shots thats for the betterment of the team

Lowlight Shockingly James Harden turns the ball over in the clutch to give him 4 TOs for the game