James Harden never got worried on Saturday night even if he did not know that he had missed 15 of his first shots.
However, despite missing the shots, he never changed his attacking style which ash made him to be the lead scorers in the NBA today.
Harden soon overcame his poor shooting performance as he scored 22 points, 14 of which were scored in the 4th quarter as the Houston Rockets won over the Utah Jazz by 104-101. With this win, Rockets now have a commanding 3-0 lead over the Utah Jazz for the first round of the playoff series.
Harden talking about his thoughts said, “Keep shooting and keep being aggressive. My job is to gout there and produce bets for the team. I always am in aggressive and attack mode. Nothing changes for me.”
As for Jazz, they tried to work against Harden as they trapped him most of the game. However, their efforts were not fruitful against The Beard who was not letting Jazz control him.
Quin Snyder, Utah Jazz coach said, “You are going to have to give something up. The best thing you can do against harden is to make it hard for him. Even if you do that, there are still going to be times when he is going o ake some great plays.”
Other players of Rockets like Paul scored 18 points while Client Capela added in his 11 points along with 14 rebounds for the team.
As for Utah jazz, they were led by Mitchell who added in his 34 points but struggled on shooting as he made 9 of his 27 shots. The second top scorer from jazz’s side was Derrick Favors with his 13 points.
S for Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, he scored 10 points along with 8 rebounds and 7 blocked shots.
The Game 4 for the best of 7 sires in the Western Conference first-round playoff sires will be played in Utah on Monday night.
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