James Harden had been hounded and had struggled, and when asked about the defense Andre Roberson played on him the last time the Rockets and Thunder met, the Houston star had an easy answer.
“I missed shots,” Harden said then.
He missed 12 of them, in fact, in Oklahoma City's 105-103 Nov. 16 win at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Harden was 4 for 16 from the floor, his worst shooting performance of the season. But it might have been about more than misfiring.
“He said he missed some shots, and I think he missed some shots,” Roberson said Thursday.