Golliver Rockets James Harden approves of smallball strategy: Before these last few games, we were No. 1 in defense. It was the small things like rebounding. We just werent disciplined enough. The Lakers went on runs and its deflating when you get stops &

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

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

LeBron James grabs the rebound and repeats the coast to coast and riving layup putting the Lakers up 19 as the Rockets fail to stop him in transition with replaysLuka signals the Rockets to take a timeout

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