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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Perfectly Complements James Harden
Sometimes, when a talented player like James Harden goes off on an unstoppable shooting spree, it really doesn’t matter that the backcourt relationship and balances is often all wrong for the Houston Rockets, putting too few of the possession time in the hands of Jeremy Lin. However, it takes a smart player to know where the flow of the game is going, and Lin doesn’t get enough credit for being a very intelligent basketball player.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Loses Fourth Quarter Shots to James Harden
While going with your best scorer is usually a pretty good idea in crunch time, making the same obvious choice a defense is prepared for again and again, which in the case of the Houston Rockets means giving the ball to James Harden instead of Jeremy Lin, results in a terrible offensive performance and a loss that could have easily been avoided.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden at Their Best
Playing against teams who are already in the garbage time of the season is always a good thing to be going through while trying to improve your playoff position, so it’s no wonder the Houston Rockets, led by an in-form James Harden and a similarly sharp Jeremy Lin continued their impressive run of wins towards […]
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Makes Chandler Parsons & James Harden Look Great
Maybe Kevin McHale has been paying attention, because the return of James Harden to the Houston Rockets backcourt didn’t hurt the dominance of Jeremy Lin, which made both the returning star and Chandler Parsons look quite fresh despite missing a few games and with the need to shake off a little rust.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Continues to Thrive on his Own
With James Harden still missing and Chandler Parsons not playing as well, the load on Jeremy Lin to carry the offense of the Houston Rockets was greater than ever, this season at least. You know what? He had no problem being the man with the spotlight on him, as expected, having an excellent game while enjoying a very good one from Omer Asik in the paint to prove the point of his importance to Kevin McHale one more time.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Kind of Basketball Without James Harden
While a lot of the success and ascent into a playoff team this season has to do with James Harden joining the Houston Rockets, the kind of basketball he forces the team to play doesn’t always benefit them and suit the rest of the players. This time, without him on the floor, Jeremy Lin didn’t break out into some memorable performance, but he was the anchor of a different, team-oriented game that might be more suitable for the Rockets’ needs.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Shouldn’t Be Cast Aside for James Harden
There isn’t a doubt about who is the player Kevin McHale has given the reins to this season to take the Houston Rockets into the playoffs. It’s James Harden, the untouchable, undoubted star of this team, which comes with a lot of benefits the Rockets didn’t have in previous season, but comes at a price, which part of it is costing them the best of Jeremy Lin.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Taught a Lesson by the Indiana Pacers
If recent wins suggested that the Houston Rockets are going to be more than just a 7 seed no one is really afraid of in the Western Conference, the ongoing slump of Jeremy Lin on the offensive end and a demonstration by the Indiana Pacers in how to stop James Harden, it’s quite clear that they are still a fair distance away from becoming a postseason force to be reckoned with.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Keeps Struggling, James Harden Still Shining
On some nights, you think that the Jeremy Lin – James Harden backcourt duo is the best in the NBA. In other games, like the most recent win for the Houston Rockets, you clearly see the difference between an OK, sometimes outstanding point guard who still has plenty of improvements to make, and someone who is already a full fledged NBA superstar.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Doesn’t Need Help From Jeremy Lin
After praising Jeremy Lin for his excellent form in the last three games, came a dud of performance from him, although it didn’t really stop the Houston Rockets from picking up a very comfortable home win, led by James Harden (who else), also enjoying the fact that two of their rivals in the NBA playoff race lost on the same night.