James Harden produced one of his trademark playoff performances on Wednesday night.
Actually, that’s not true.
This was worse.
In the Clippers’ 123-93 loss to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of their first-round series, the longtime postseason underachiever delivered a Harden Special for the ages, making only two of 12 shots and scoring seven points.
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Seven.
You read that right.
Seven.