For all the times Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni or general manager Daryl Morey drew attention for favorably comparing James Harden’s scoring to the all-time greats, on Friday, they had company.
“If you look at James Harden in an isolation environment, he may be the greatest scorer in the history of our game, I mean that,” Sixers coach Brett Brown said. “If you just go on math and metrics, it’s just ... him and a defender. It’s ridiculous what he does.”
Harden, who is averaging a league-high 38.2 points per game, averages 17.2 points per game in iso.