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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Pulling in Different Directions
It has been proven over the two seasons in which James Harden and Jeremy Lin have been teammates that there are rare moments the two can co-exist on the floor and bring out the best in each other, but most of the time it’s more like a one way street. The question is – what’s best for the Houston Rockets?
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Can’t Save What James Harden Ruins
The Houston Rockets keep slipping with key injured players, and the combination of James Harden and Jeremy Lin isn’t getting them through this rough patch, as it seems like one of the most selfish players in the league is influencing his backcourt partner instead of it being the other way around, although the Rockets were still better off with Lin on the floor.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Can’t Help & James Harden Can’t Defend
If missing three players from the starting lineup isn’t enough, the Houston Rockets continue to play the wrong kind of basketball for their situation, which means Jeremy Lin is being used in all the wrong ways on the floor, while James Harden has another awful performance when it comes to his defensive capabilities, and doing all that much on offense as well.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Backcourt Doesn’t Work Out
Having James Harden and Jeremy Lin in the same starting backcourt isn’t such a bad thing to have, but the Houston Rockets played badly in a home loss with Dwight Howard and Patrick Beverley missing, as Lin had one of his worst games of the season and Harden didn’t play the kind of basketball the team needed to get out of the jam.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Not the Story This Time
The Houston Rockets are going through very good stretch at the moment thanks to a soft schedule. James Harden is playing some very good individual basketball, notching a career triple double, while Jeremy Lin got some extended minutes thanks to Patrick Beverley going down. But the story this time was something else, as their 120-98 win over the Philadelphia 76ers meant an NBA record of consecutive losses was tied, and will probably be broken over the weekend.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Doesn’t Leave Jeremy Lin With Too Much to Do
For Jeremy Lin, this season and generally his time with the Houston Rockets has mostly been about doing well in the small moments James Harden actually lets someone else play point guard for the team. Along with Dwight Howard returning, a solid performance from the backup point guard who should be a lot more was probably unnoticed by those not looking at things closely enough.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden is Scorching, Jeremy Lin Focused on Scoring
You can’t have much better performances than the one James Harden had for the Houston Rockets in their comfortable win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, making the most of being the one who gets to touch the ball on every possession. Jeremy Lin didn’t get the “quality” minutes, and didn’t do his usual point-guarding stuff with the moments given to him, focusing on putting point on the boards.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Complementing James Harden Perfectly
The Houston Rockets at times look like a team that’s figured it all out. James Harden sometimes, in certain moments, seems like a player who knows that the best way for his and his team to succeed is to stop playing like he’s alone on the floor. And Jeremy Lin? He continues to make the most of his minutes, and making his teammates look better than when he’s on the bench.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Showing to James Harden What Basketball is About
It’s hard to find a single thing to complain about in such a blowout win for the Houston Rockets. James Harden didn’t have to do too much while Terrence Jones stood out above the rest in a fantastic game, while the best minutes came when Jeremy Lin was on the court.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Has Bad Days, James Harden Doesn’t Change
Sometimes there’s no grand conspiracy holding Jeremy Lin back. Yes, he is still used in the wrong way, but his performance for the Houston Rockets against the Miami Heat was disappointing on both ends of the floor, while James Harden showed everything good and bad about himself as a player.