Houston Rockets VS San Antonio Spurs

After a win in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals for Harden and the Rockets, many believed that Harden would continue to outperform Kawhi Leonard, branding Harden as the MVP killer after defeating Westbrook in the first round series. However, Spurs being the more experienced group would bounce back and expose the lack of defence Harden and several others contributed. Evidently, in the deciding Game 6, Harden would be outplayed by Spurs rookie Dejounte Murray leading many to criticise Harden’s efforts of him showing up to play the game after finishing with 10 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists as well 6 ugly turnovers.