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James Harden's playmaking puts Rockets over Sharks in first game between an NBA and CBA team in U.S.

James Harden stood alone in the corner with the ball. He was so far removed from any Shanghai Sharks defender that Rico Rodriguez – Manny on "Modern Family" – who had been sitting in the neighborhood, would have had a better chance to contest Harden's shot had he too not called it a night early than any of the honored guests on Yao Ming's China Basketball Association team.

Harden, took a dribble and looked around, then brought the ball up to shoot before instead firing a pass to Trevor Ariza on the wing.

Harden's shot was easier.