"He's the MVP in my opinion".
Unless the National Basketball Association goes the Kobe Bryant route and hands out Co-MVP awards for the first time ever, either Westbrook or Harden, unfortunately, will have to come in second place and watch the other guy take home the league's most prestigious individual award. He's first player to average a triple-double (31.9 points, 10.7 rebounds, 10.4 assists entering the final two games) since Oscar Robertson in 1961-62.
"He's been unbelievable the way he's played, the way he's led", Donovan said.
Harden said he is not getting caught up in the MVP discussion and gave Westbrook kudos after the contest. There certainly isn't an eight-game difference between the two, which is now the gap between Houston and Oklahoma City in the standings.
And yet, Leonard has spent most of this season a distant third-place to Westbrook and James Harden in the MVP race, with only short stints in which he has been seriously considered No. 1 or No. 2. They're better reflections of how great a player's season was, not only because they reflect the entire season, but because they aren't influenced by a flawed fan vote. Anderson didn't miss from beyond the arc until launching a 30-footer shortly after swishing one from 27 feet. "I had open looks, and those shots are ones I normally would take".
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Rockets: Rested starter Tevor Ariza and key reserves Eric Gordon and Nene. The Kings fell behind by as many as 22 to the high-powered Rockets Sunday afternoon, but they kept fighting.
Four straight points by the Timberwolves cut Houston's lead to six points with about two minutes left in the third quarter. Their 135 points were a season-high.
Skal Labissiere led the Kings with 25 points, while Ty Lawson had 20 points and 11 assists for Sacramento.
"You learn a lot", Hield said of the experience. "They're playing at a doctoral thesis level, and here is a young guy in his first year, and it's going fast". Chris Paul steered the offense with 19 points and eight assists, Blake Griffin added 18 points while DeAndre Jordan chipped in with 17 points and 17 rebounds. The team said it was the first game Nichols attended this season, and he brought his girlfriend to her first-ever Thunder game.
James Harden may very well be having a better statistical season than Westbrook - the Rockets star has been more efficient on the offensive end, at least - and his team may have more wins, but he's not beating a dude who averaged a freaking triple-double. Westbrook, though, nixed that idea, wanting the focus to be as much on Robertson and his accomplishments as a Hall of Famer as himself. The Kings held out G Darren Collision, G Arron Afflalo, F Tyreke Evans and C Kosta Koufos, with only Afflalo (lower back strain) listed with an injury. He made the winning shot on a wild 3-pointer at the buzzer to beat the Nuggets, his 50th point of the game. This rivalry has been almost five years in the making, and OKC has beaten the Rockets at every turn, the one exception being two years ago, when the Rockets made it to the Conference Finals.
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