Stephen A. Smith: "Im tired of people not appreciating the greatness of James Harden. It aint just one-on-one basketball, his ability to get to the free throw line, to draw fouls, to dance on you, to create his own shot, to hit from three, to hit midrange

Donovan Mitchell speaks highly of James Harden This man changed the game of basketball in ways we have never seen before We live in such a ring-dominant culture that we were willing to write a guy off a guy that has transcended basketball 75 years no one has done what he does

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

Stephen A Smith on Jalen Brunson I'm shocked to have to say thistonight it looked like he was playing to be an MVP rather than be playing to win game 3

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

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