James Harden will be the reason the Thunder fail to win the NBA championship.

[street bully]

This is why I wish the spurs made it to the finals man.

Apart from having a good half in game two what has he done of merit. Durant outplayed James in games 1 and 2, and Russel Westbrook has outplayed Wade in every damn game. Seriously Harden is being exposed as a choke artist, and when you are being compared to Bosh in terms of talent (many claim that he is better) but are getting outplayed by cole and chalmers then I do not know what to say. Seriously OKc should have been up 4-0 if Durant was more aggressive, and if Harden brought his balls to the final series for the biggest crown in the NBA. Also, as much as some of you may hate on Westbrook, he has been the only one that has shown heart in this series, as made evident by him carrying OKc to a competitive loss that should have been a blowout win in their last gam.

[brick wall]

that's unfair...it just so happened that miami has some of the best wing defenders in the league and they were able to limit harden.

and harden is not really comparable to westbrook or durant when it comes to creating his own play. that's why they don't try to isolate him because there are 2 other guys in his team who could do it better.

[street bully]

that's unfair...it just so happened that miami has some of the best wing defenders in the league and they were able to limit harden.

and harden is not really comparable to westbrook or durant when it comes to creating his own play. that's why they don't try to isolate him because there are 2 other guys in his team who could do it better.

Westbrook did a great job setting him up last game, he was bricking wide open shots all nights, caused a number of terrible turnovers, and missed an open layup, he choked no question aboutit.

[Tamis!]

No.

The Thunder's inexperience will be the reason they fail this year. Not just Harden, all of them.

But expect them to be a dynasty in the years to come.

[-jose-]

I don't think he's the reason why but his lack of performance is playing a role in the outcomes of these games

[street bully]

No.

The Thunder's inexperience will be the reason they fail this year. Not just Harden, all of them.

But expect them to be a dynasty in the years to come.

They could have won this series, if Harden played a role. This guys supposed to be a star, and he is not doing anything.

[Addition]

Harden just got found out by the one of, if not the best defensive team in the NBA. No shame in that.

[F l i c k e r]

Yeah but look a the way OKC was playing in the 1st game and look at how they have been playing the last 3.

It's like night and day. Could it be because of Miami's adjustments? Sure. But it's a team's job to enforce the style of play they want to play and OKC have went away from what got them to the championship.

In short..... where have the jump shots gone? A jump shooting team, attacking the basket 80% of the time for the last 3 games.

[Tamis!]

They could have won this series, if Harden played a role. This guys supposed to be a star, and he is not doing anything.

I agree with you, but that's easy to say from our end.

Maybe Harden's overwhelmed by pressure, or outhustled, outwitted, or maybe he's just not prime yet. His Ball IQ may not yet be fully developed.

What I see is he can pretty run rings around his defender, but it won't always go his way.

[street bully]

Harden just got found out by the one of, if not the best defensive team in the NBA. No shame in that.

He is just choking, no one found him out, he is just choking pre 2012 Lebron style. He was too scared to shoot a wide open 3, too scared, it was revolting.

Westbrook and Durant can go for 50 if they want to but Harden can not even seem to go for 25 man.