James Harden has been Utah’s worst nightmare.
Despite another intense focus by the Jazz to stop Harden, the MVP exploded for 25 of his 32 points in the first half as the Rockets annihilated Salt Lake’s team for the second straight game, winning 118-98 Wednesday night to take a 2-0 series lead.
Game 3 goes back to Salt Lake on Saturday.
What Harden did was, well…
At the scene of the crime of Game 2, MK Bower of Field Level Media hops on the podcast with me to talk about yet another blowout win over the Jazz. We discuss:
James Harden’s dominance
The tough spot the Jazz are in with Rudy Gobert
Clint Capela’s impact
Houston’s defensive intensity
How the Rockets have taken Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles out of the series
How the DeMarcus Cousins injury could impact a potential Rockets-Warriors second-round matchup
Russell Westbrook is Russell Westbrook