Starting the season off by making history for the wrong reason, the Houston Rockets lost their first three games by 20 or more points. With James Harden shooting 22.2 percent from the field, Houston's offense was almost non-existent, looking nothing like the team that just was in the Western Conference Finals. Despite his struggles, Harden remained optimistic believing that that the Rockets just hadn't found their groove.
"We haven't had a rhythm yet, in training camp, preseason at all," Harden said after a loss to the Miami Heat. "We have guys in and out of the lineup, bigs, guards. We'll find a rhythm, we'll catch a rhythm, we're not worried about it. We lost three in a row but we're not really worried about it."
Harden was right to not worry as he found his shot and the Rockets are now winners of four straight. Throughout the win streak, Harden has just been dominant scoring 37 points vs. the Thunder, 28 points vs. the Magic, 43 points vs. the Kings and now 46 points vs. the Clippers on Saturday night.
With Harden playing like a MVP-candidate, it looks like the Rockets found that rhythm they were searching for at the beginning of season. Of course, this is a very obvious statement as Harden "told" Root Sports Southwest's Matt Bullard with a knowing side-eye.
Well "said" James.
