Post Game Interview 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."

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 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

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

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

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

SNY James Harden said the Eastern Conference Finals vs the knicks came down to shot-making They made shots - some open some just tough shots I don't think we made really any It's pretty much pinpointed