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 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

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

James Harden on losing 2 straight to the Raptors Other than the 4th quarter of game 3 I think the 7 quarters we been here we been playing well Weve had leads and opportunities to go up and we just didnt do it Its not like theyre doing something crazy