The Beard has the richest contract in NBA history. The Houston Rockets signed guard James Harden to a four-year contract extension for about $160 million Saturday, giving him a total six-year deal with $228 million guaranteed. With Harden under contract on his existing deal for ...
Although James Harden is Houston's undisputed star, he can't top Russell Westbrook entirely on his own. As is so often the case, Patrick Beverley was there for support Sunday night. Harden scored 37 points to outshine Westbrook, and the Rockets pulled away in the third quarter ...
James Harden was Houston's fourth-leading scorer on Sunday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. However, it was clear to everyone that he was the key to Houston's victory. Lou Williams scored 31 points off the bench, Harden finished with 22 points and 12 assists, and the Rockets ...
Mike D'Antoni is headed to Houston to try his "Seven Seconds or Less" offense with James Harden, one of the NBA's most explosive offensive threats. D'Antoni reached agreement with the Rockets on a four-year deal on Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told ...
Klay Thompson knew Golden State had to come together, that every player needed to raise his game with Stephen Curry on the sidelines. "None of us can do it alone," Thompson insisted hours earlier. He sure got things started, scoring 27 points with seven 3-pointers as ...
The Houston Rockets were down by one point with no timeouts and mere seconds remaining Thursday night. In that moment James Harden was the only one they wanted to have the ball. And as usual their star delivered. Harden scored 35 points, including the game-winner with ...
One of the theories about the Houston Rockets this season, one of the Western Conference preseason title favorites who reached the season's halfway mark at about .500, has been the proof their analytics rage isn't the answer to success. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has ...
Seven games into the season, the Houston Rockets have already experienced more ups and downs than most teams. They lost their first three games before turning things around to win four in a row. Much of it is due to James Harden, who scored a ...
After a generation of wishing and waiting, the Golden State Warriors have finally arrived on basketball's biggest stage again. Stephen Curry had 26 points and eight rebounds, Harrison Barnes added 24 points and the Warriors advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in ...
James Harden was not happy after a poor performance in Houston's embarrassing loss to Golden State in Game 3. Coach Kevin McHale told him the best thing to do was take that frustration out on the other team. Harden did just that, scoring a playoff career-high ...
James Harden had Game 2 on his fingertips — and then he didn't. Now the Golden State Warriors have the Western Conference finals in their grasp. Stephen Curry scored 33 points before Harden lost the ball in the closing seconds to end a spectacular duel between ...
Stuck on the bench with four fouls for most of the third quarter, James Harden knew he would have to make up for lost time when he got back on the floor. Harden scored 16 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter to lift ...
