James Harden pulls out another game disappeared in the game 7, as the clippers is eliminated by nuggets

Los Angeles Clippers was shocked by Denver’s nagus in game 7 on Saturday, having lost 120-101 in the emission, which was far from as close as this wide margin indicates. Nine minutes later, to go, clippers stretched for 35.

In the game, full of ugly numbers of the clipper, including the worst plus/minus career of Kavkhi Leonard (minus 33), seven points of James Harden at eight shots stand out as especially insignificant, even for her predictability.

In the end, laying eggs in eliminating games-verified the time of Harden. On Thursday, he fooled us with 28 points in the game 6, but, given his story, he was in no way going to double this show in the game 7. Mathematics was too strong.

Keep in mind that in his last 13 games at the elimination of Harden shot 39% from the field, while his teams passed 2-11. In his last five games at the liquidation, even including this release in game 6, it gains an average of only 14.2 points with 38% shooting. Choose this statistical game 6 from the equation, and you will have to protect your eyes from the table below.

Before the game 6 on Thursday, you had to go all the way until 2020 in the bubble to find the last time when Harden won the game for liquidation, when the rockets in Oklahoma City 104-102 in the game 7, even in the fact that he shot only 4 for 15 and missed eight of his nine 3 suppliers.

Harden apologists are going to point out their 13 programs on Saturday, 10 of which appeared in the first half, and try to tell you that he really played well, despite seven points. Do not pay attention to them. They are crazy.

These are not so much seven points as eight shots. I promise you if on Sunday 7 missiles are taken out of the gym in their game, Stephen Curry will take pictures from rafters trying to return his team. He is not going to go down with the remaining bullets.

But hardened? When the light becomes bright, it is too happy to turn off the shutdown. I don’t know if he protects that there is little from its integrity, or he really just loses confidence when the shots do not come out at the beginning of the game, but in any case, this is a whimpering line for a guy who is going to become one of the most prolific scorers in the history of the NBA.

Speaking about Curry: in 14 career games, does it take care to guess how many times he scored less than 20 points? Once. In 16 games to eliminate his career, Kevin Durant also scored 20 points. LeBron James in 29 career elimination games never Contained up to 20 years.

Meanwhile, Harden scored less than 20 points of 12 of 26 games to eliminate his career, including seven of his last 13. His speeches in the game 7 is a special brand gloomy.

Harden is on many impressive historical lists. Suffice it to say that this is not one of them.

Look at this lower note: Scored less than 10 points in the game 7Come on the field, dude. James Worti scored an average of 27 points in four career games 7 and scored 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 programs in game 7 Final Victory. This is how you get the nickname “Big game James.”

Harden is coming in the other way.

What makes these attacks on the elimination game is much more difficult to swallow is that Harden has a way to be so good at the beginning of these series. The same guy who scored seven points on Saturday also scored 32 in game 1.

Last season it was the same story. Harden scored an average of 26 points in the first four games of the first round clippers against Dallas; Then he scored seven points in the game 5 and missed all six 3 signs in the game 6, when the clippers crossed from the attached 2-2 to elimination.

Two years ago, with Philadelphia, Harden reached 45 and 42 points in two of the first four games of the second round of the second round 76ers against Boston. Sixers led this series 3-2, but in games 6 and 7 Harden scored 13 points and nine points, respectively, at 25% shooting, skipping 10 of its 11 3 signs.

Glue 13 programs that he put forward on Saturday, everything you want, but these Houdini acts that Harden pull later, he fell into the series, became an undeniable trend. Check the numbers on its last three plays -offs.

When Clippers entered this post -Eson, they were a popular choice as a team with the best chance to upset the thunder in the West. Kavkhi Leonard was healthy and dominant. The defense was an elite. But Harden, playing at the All-NBA level, was the third stage in which they stood.

Cut this leg, and the clippers were always going to be made. Harden stood high for two games in this series. But the fact that it was most important, its disappearance was – unfortunately – too predictable.