Kendrick Perkins on Harden not re-signing with OKC: "Everyone made the sacrifice except for James. Everyone took a paycut. Russ took a paycut, KD took a paycut, even Serge, even myself."

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 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

Dennis Schroder gets slightly injured Ron Holland strips James Harden 3rd turnover then gets fouled at the other endHolland then bumps shoulders with Harden who remains cool about it Schroder subbed out

Skip Bayless I Trust Dennis Schroder more than James Harden in the playoffs

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

Sam Merrill misses his 7th triple of the night going 07 from 3 and James Harden fouls Josh Hart at the other end who limps a bit after landing with replays