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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Led by Chandler Parsons
Not for the first time in the last couple of weeks, and not for the last time if Kevin McHale gets his way, the Houston Rockets show that defense isn’t an ugly word for them, and that Chandler Parsons can continue to lead this team in scoring while James Harden and Jeremy Lin enjoy not being the focus of the offense once in a while.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden are Following Chandler Parsons
It’s not really a fair fight between the two inferior Texas teams these days, especially when the Houston Rockets don’t have to rely on James Harden to win the game for them. Jeremy Lin was the epitome of effectiveness while Chandler Parsons had his best game of the season.
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Houston Rockets – Chandler Parsons Carries James Harden & Jeremy Lin
From now on till the end of the regular season, every game counts, and if the Houston Rockets want to stay inside the group that makes the NBA playoffs, they’ll need more than just James Harden taking over and winning games late. With Jeremy Lin not playing above his average ability, Chandler Parsons stepped in to carry the torch.
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Best & Worst Scorers in the NBA
What makes the best scorer in the NBA? Is it simply the points? Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony are leading that battle, but LeBron James and James Harden aren’t too far behind, and James is the best or second best from that group, because shooting ratios and volume scoring also come into consideration.
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Houston Rockets – Turning James Harden and Jeremy Lin into Champions
By bringing in James Harden and Jeremy Lin last off-season, Daryl Morey turned the Houston Rockets into a nationally (and internationally) relevant team again, not to mention a playoff franchise once again. By leaving quite a lot of cap space for the 2013 and 2014 summers, his future goals are even bigger.
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James Harden – The Timeline of the Most Awesome NBA Beard
After winning the NBA’s Sixth Man of the year award last season, James Harden, on his first season with the Houston Rockets, is looking like the favorite to win the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award, turning into one of the best players in the league, and bringing a lot of truth to the tagline “fear the beard.”
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Couldn’t Have Been any Worse
While James Harden is the heartbeat of the Houston Rockets, and rarely do good games and wins come along without him being the main contributor, but he still needs some sort of help from his teammates, quite often his co-point guard, Jeremy Lin. Sometimes, Lin is awful, which is too much for an ordinary Harden to make up for.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Doesn’t Always Need Jeremy Lin
Big games deserve huge efforts from everyone; others are less bombastic. James Harden didn’t need to pull out his best tricks to beat a rival the Houston Rockets never have any problem with, while Jeremy Lin was also quite subdued in his effort, which didn’t really get in the way of another win.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Helps James Harden Get Revenge
Saving career-highs for statement games isn’t a bad idea. James Harden didn’t do it alone, enjoying a big night from his backcourt partner Jeremy Lin, but he finally led the Houston Rockets to a win over his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and his former teammates/friends, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
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NBA Story Lines to Follow Until the Playoffs
With two months and somewhere between 30-25 games left to play for the teams, there’s plenty to look forward to in what’s left of the NBA season, including the MVP battle between Kevin Durant and LeBron James, the whole Los Angeles Lakers saga with time running against them, who emerges from the East to challenge the Miami Heat and more.