27 min listen
Harden leads weekend road sweep as No. 1 seed nears
FromLocked On Rockets - Daily Podcast On The Houston Rockets
Harden leads weekend road sweep as No. 1 seed nears
FromLocked On Rockets - Daily Podcast On The Houston Rockets
ratings:
Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Mar 19, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
James Harden (34/12) and Chris Paul (18/9/8) combined for 52 points and 21 assists on 50% shooting on Sunday as Houston won its fifth consecutive game with a 129-120 victory at Minnesota. Coming off Saturday's 107-101 win in New Orleans, it was an impressive showing on both ends of a road back-to-back for the Rockets (56-14) — each against probable Western Conference playoff teams.With the two wins by Houston and losses by Golden State (53-17) on Friday and Toronto (52-18) on Sunday, the Rockets now effectively have a four-game advantage (counting tiebreakers) on both teams in the race for home-court advantage throughout the NBA playoffs with only 12 games left to play.Harden, long considered the league's MVP frontrunner, also led the way in scoring (32/11/8) in New Orleans. Clint Capela (13/11, 3 blocks) posted another double-double on the interior against Anthony Davis, while Paul (21/8/5) and Trevor Ariza (17 points, 4-of-6 on 3s) each bounced back from poor showings in Thursday's tight win over the Clippers.In Sunday night's postgame show, we explore those storylines and much more from the weekend back-to-back at New Orleans and Minnesota. Besides the aforementioned subjects, other topics include lackluster showings for stretches of each second half, apparent minor hand injuries to Harden and Capela and when Houston can and/or should rest them; and the growth shown by Capela in a key three-game stretch against Davis, DeAndre Jordan, and Karl-Anthony Towns.#Rockets #NBA #Wolves #Pelicans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Released:
Mar 19, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Locked on Rockets — August 8 — An NBA scout sizes up James Harden as a PG under Mike D'Antoni: An NBA scout says he's skeptical of James Harden's ability to be Mike D'Antoni's point guard, but our Ben DuBose explains why the scout could be proven wrong. Ben also provides an Olympic update on the performances of Nene, Sergio Llull and Zhou Qi. by Locked On Rockets - Daily Podcast On The Houston Rockets