He was clearly tired. But Harden will never get the benefit of the doubt because of his off-court lifestyle.
He isn't a freak athlete like Kobe, Jordan or LeBron. I mean he literally has asthma lmao.
He's consistently led the League in minutes since he's arrived at Houston & is the only All-Star on his team.
If he quit like people love to claim why was he torching Spurs in Game 5 of the WCSF until halfway of the 3rd quarter where his game suddenly fell apart?
Also, he's literally the team's offense since he's creating 95% of his own looks & shots for others. No other player in the League apart from Russ this season has that sort of crazy workload. If he's having a bad game he isn't going to get easy looks to get him going again.
That's why I'm looking forward to the dynamic with him & CP3. Two players who people love to call trash & chokers.