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Although Dwight Howard is no longer on the team this still was pretty crazy. Dwight is not a 3 point shooter whatsoever so the bench got pretty hype when he hit that corner jump shot. He has a 8.8% 3pt percentage for his career. The Rockets acquired Howard during the 2013 off-season (Dwight signing during free agency).
We know James Harden to be one of the best offensive players in the league but as you can see he is not the best defender. To be fair this was last season and Harden has somewhat improved his defense. A popular argument Rockets fan use to defend James Harden is that Harden does so much offensively and he plays a lot of minutes.
Onuaku is one of the only people in the world (to the NBAs knowledge) that still shoots underhand free-throws, he is the only active player who does this. Rick Barry’s son in Florida also shoots free-throws like this, it is not common for basketball players to do this.
James Harden and Chris Paul faced off against one of the most talked about rookies in the league yesterday, Lonzo Ball. James Harden scored 36 points with 9 assists, while Chris Paul had 21 points with 6 assists. Unfortunately the overhyped rookie was only able to accumulate 2 points with 3 assists. The Rockets currently have the second longest win streak in the league with 7 wins ( Cavs have the longest with 11 straight wins).
James Harden goes off once again, He has been playing incredibly well lately and he seems happy to have Chris Paul back saying “I’m happy to have the little midget back”. Although Chris Paul didn’t score much, he still helped out his team by accumulating 10 assists. James Harden is currently ranked #1 in the race for MVP. Here are his stats:Â 30.7 points, 10.3 assists, 4.9 rebounds.
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