Compared with Curry, why didn't james harden, who is also a 09 duo, lead the team out of the west?

Compared with some time ago, the performance of james harden, the core player of the Rockets, declined, but he still led the Rockets to achieve a good record. In the just-concluded battle of focus, under the leadership of Harden, the Rockets beat the Nuggets at home with 125- 1 13. In terms of personal data, Harden failed to continue his previous good state. In this game, Harden 18 made 7 shots, and the hit rate was only 38.9%, with only 32 points. In the 10 regular season before playing the Nuggets, Ha scored 40.8 points on the debut, and never scored less than 35 points in a single game.

In fact, during Paul's absence due to injury, the Rockets largely relied on Harden's personal ability, which greatly improved Harden's personal data, especially the scoring data. Up to now, Kazakhstan ranks first in the league with an average of 33.7 points. So Harden scored only 32 points against the Nuggets, which didn't even reach his personal average.

But for the Rockets who won the league's first regular season record last season and reached the Western Conference finals, personal data is obviously not as important as the team's record. In recent 14 games, Harden led the Rockets to an impressive record of 12 wins and 2 losses. Moreover, during this period, the Rockets also defeated teams such as the Nuggets ranked first in the West and the Warriors, the strongest enemy in the West. Of course, whether Harden cares about personal performance or not, he has set some new records unconsciously.

According to the statistics after the game, although Harden felt bad in the game against the Nuggets, he hit 6 3-pointers 15, which is why Harden hit at least 5 3-pointers in a single game in a row 10, becoming the first person in the history of this data. The previous record was held by Stephen Curry of the Warriors, who made at least five three-pointers in seven consecutive games.