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

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

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

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

Dray rips Cavs defensive effort Guys don't want the challenge to fight through screens and switch every fucking time Ain't Harden's job to guard Brunson but for some of the guys switching off it is their job Nobody's doing that to Steph because we weren't gonna allow it