The Houston Rockets star had just 10 points on 2-of-11 shooting and committed six turnovers on Thursday as his club was steamrolled 114-75 by the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals.
The other National Basketball Association semis features the Cleveland Cavaliers against either the Boston Celtics or the Washington Wizards.
While San Antonio fought through six games with the Rockets, the Warriors have been off since wrapping up a sweep of the Utah Jazz on Monday.
Meanwhile, after missing Game 6 against Houston, Leonard said he will be ready to play in Game 1 against the Warriors.
Boston led by as many as 26 points, negating Washington's physicality by spreading the floor and knocking down 16 3-pointers. They battled like insane and, for whatever season, this game we didn't have the juice and the stuff.
As heavily favoured as the Warriors are, the Spurs have proven they're capable of at least making the road more challenging for the team from the Bay. With his playmaking and Aldridge's scoring, the team was able to run an effective offense through the post, which made up for not having Kawhi. He was out of sorts from the start and the Rockets were all but out of the game by halftime. He didn't sink a shot until midway through the second quarter.
Boston did a good job of sharing the ball, getting assists on 12 of 13 baskets in the opening 12 minutes.
"He's had a historic season, and we can get that better", D'Antoni said. "But at the same time, that's not going to stop me from being aggressive and trying to make plays, not just for myself but for my teammates as well". The lead ballooned to 40 points in the final minutes.
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"Now I'm seeing the game differently", Thomas said.
The most relevant regular-season game between the two, if you're a Warriors partisan, would be the March 29 Warriors victory in the AT&T Center, on the back-end of a back-to-back, when David West and Matt Barnes turned in large performances and the Warriors won 110-98. He went from shooting 44 percent to 41 percent, and his 3-point shooting dipped to below 28 percent.
The Spurs shot 53.1 percent (51/96) overall and 22.7 percent (5/22) from beyond the arc.
It seems like the San Antonio Spurs, no matter how many times they exceed expectations, return to being doubted nationally.
San Antonio had faith in all of their guys and the game plan and stuck with it till the end.
A week later, Harden would go out wheezing again. But it happened. Now we move forward.
During Game 6, Harden averaged a speed of 3.36 miles per hour while on the court. "We wanted to give him some space, and we're going to meet with him longer shortly, but you can imagine with all his blood, sweat, and tears he puts in, I know everyone is disappointed, but he's number one".
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