Stan Van Gundy: "Nick (Nurse) played triangle &amp 2 against Harden... everybody's killing Nick... nobody's saying anything about the guys playing Harden straight up" Doc Rivers: "No one gets on us when Harden scores 50 being guarded 1 on 1 like thats a s

Bill Simmons Pod Doc Rivers on James Harden James doesn't give everybody else enough room to be great he is the only one that can be great on his team

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

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

Mike Brown It's no secret we were attacking Harden

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

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