James Harden can’t even be the hero without being the villain sometimes.
The Rockets guard’s game-winning jump shot over Warriors defensive ace Andre Iguodala should not have counted, the NBA announced Tuesday. Harden pushed off like Michael Jordan on Bryon Russell in 1998. The difference was, the NBA didn’t do officiating reports back in Jordan’s day.
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Today’s report, which also included three other, less meaningful incorrect no-calls, reads, “Foul: Offensive — INC — Harden (HOU) initiates the contact with Iguodala (GSW) to create space and dislodges him from his legal guarding position.