James Harden on the Danuel House situation and whether it affected the Rockets: "Very, very disappointing. And it affected us... It affected us because it was a distraction and he was a huge part of our rotation."

James Harden is upset at Tony Brothers after he claimed he got fouled on his 3-point attempt to end the 1st halfWith replays of some 1st half highlights and face expression by Josh Hart

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

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

James Harden experience whiplash effect from arm contact

Josh Hart on not playing some 4th quarters and his reduced minutes in the regular season I definitely didn't see the bigger picture in those moments There was moments when I went home and I'm like 'Damn Am I ass Do I suck as a basketball player' There was a lot of those moments