On that night, the Orlando Magic decided to let Harden get his stats and stay home on the other shooters. It mostly worked. If you watch those highlights, you’ll see that the score stays pretty close throughout. The difference was that late in the game, Orlando couldn’t keep scoring with Harden. And thus, the first-ever 60-point triple-double happened. Also, I was able to triple the use of hyphenated words there, which was cool. A triple-double of my own, if you will.
These Orlando Magic are obviously a different team, as are the Rockets. Orlando played at home yesterday and beat the Boston Celtics.