It would have been understandable if James Harden had been wearing out from the load he has carried. He did seem to have tired in Denver on Friday. But he also seemed to relish the challenge of playing a back-to-back and in pushing through tough stretches.
"Honestly, I don't even think about it, getting rest," Harden said. "Like I've said before, that's what makes players who they are, the grind days, the days when it's back-to-backs, high altitude or three in four nights. Take it for what it is. You try to go out there and beast through it.