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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 – 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.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Will Flourish When James Harden Isn’t His Teammate
The Houston Rockets have a head coach that doesn’t learn. After a rough performance against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the James Harden-Chandler Parsons duo of selfishness and ball hogging continued to create havoc and ruin another game for the team, while Jeremy Lin got a chance to put up some nice numbers, but as long as Kevin McHale is coaching the team it’s not going to help him get the minutes and role he deserves.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Not Used Enough, James Harden & Chandler Parson Too Much
The Houston Rockets keep crashing on the wall called the Oklahoma City Thunder, playing the wrong kind of basketball in trying to beat them. Jeremy Lin gets wasted with minimal minutes while James Harden and Chandler Parsons do nothing but try to show the world they can compete with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in scoring, which they can’t.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Can Be Just Like James Harden
The Houston Rockets don’t beat the Portland Trail Blazers without Jeremy Lin making the most of his time off the bench, seemingly understanding that the only way for him to get minutes is to play like James Harden, which means becoming a score-first kind of player, and let someone else worry about trying to make others look better.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden on Fire, Jeremy Lin Makes the Most of his Time
There’s no getting around it: The Houston Rockets are the best team in the NBA since New Year’s, and their 112-86 win over the Indiana Pacers, with another excellent performance from James Harden and Dwight Howard while Jeremy Lin made the most of the limited minutes he’s been getting.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Is The Star, Jeremy Lin a Bit Player
It seems the transformation is complete, although the life of an NBA constantly takes unexpected turns along the way. Jeremy Lin has now turned into a bit player, getting the minutes he knows no one will notice, while James Harden is back to leading the Houston Rockets unequivocally, leading them to another win, this time over the Houston Rockets.
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Heat vs Rockets – LeBron James Goes Through Bizarro Night
Coming off the best scoring performance of his career, LeBron James looked very ordinary against the Houston Rockets as the Miami Heat lost 103-106 with some terrible defense throughout the game and a big night for James Harden and Dwight Howard on the other end.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Getting Ignored & Real James Harden Shows Up
Just when people began talking about the Houston Rockets as a championship contender came a game that once again exposed the bad coaching, terrible defense and the lie named James Harden, while Jeremy Lin continues to be marginalized and pushed aside in favor of the overrated defense of Patrick Beverley.