The only way to justify leaving OKC is by winning multiple titles. Yet Durant didn’t sign up for a one-and-done. His championship demons were destroyed last summer when he joined a loaded team and did exactly what everyone expected. Remember how Oklahoma City was “destined” to return to The Finals when Harden played there? Kevin Durant He’s still in his prime, but reaching The Finals, much less winning, isn’t guaranteed to happen. With the possibility of playing this game without Chris Paul, Harden might need to explode for 40 points or more. If he loses against the Warriors, then Harden will keep the crown as Best Active Player Without A Championship, which isn’t an honor he embraces.
He’ll be on his court, playing before his crowd, 48 minutes away from facing LeBron and the Cavaliers for a championship. Harden, on the other hand, doesn’t know what June basketball feels like since he joined the Rockets. He can make a solid case for being the second-best player in the NBA over the past three seasons, having finished top three in Kia MVP voting twice and will perhaps take home the award this season.īut LeBron James went to The Finals three times in that span and won once.
That said, here’s what’s on the line for the main figures in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals: James Harden
NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE GAME 7 PROFESSIONAL
Such is the way of professional sports and instant analysis and fortunes, both teams and players and coaches. Reputations and images and legacies also can and will be determined in this winner-take-all battle between the Warriors and Rockets. HOUSTON - So much riding on one game, which goes beyond which team reaches The Finals and which one reaches for the golf clubs.
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