James Harden Reacts To The Clippers 117-106 Win Over The Memphis Grizzlies. HoopJab NBA

James Harden Reacts To The Clippers 117-106 Win Over The Memphis Grizzlies. HoopJab NBA

James uh I had to ask you about that play uh where you threw the lob to Russ obviously the second time you guys have connected on a play like that here you’ve done it so many times whether it be in OKC or in Houston is it special to

Have moments like that in plays like that with him in your hometown here yeah especially when you you talk about it and you know you execute the play um you know I mean just trying to find a ways to to um make it easier for

Him um you know he did a really good job of of his energy um of of filling the stash sheet up tonight made some really good defensive plays hit some big shots so um you know for all of us it was just it wasn’t the prettiest game but you

Know it was a win we’ll take that and James uh P really struggled in in the first half scoring but it seems like you you made an initiative to try to get him going in the third quarter I know you hit him with the back door to

Get him that dunk um how much has it been for you for guys like Kawaii and P trusting you with the ball putting the ball in your hands sayy James you lead us and try to get us there how much what does that meant to you I mean I’ve been

It means a lot to me to answer your question you know what I mean like I’ve been doing it so long at the highest level to where it’s like I don’t got to go out there and and shoot the ball 20 times 25 times you know for us to

Winning games and we got some really good scores you mentioned y and p but I also somebody like Norm you know I mean who could score the ball in bunches as well so I think it’s my job if I see opportunities to score the basketball but make the job easier for my entire

Team when I’m on the floor and um whether it’s getting Zoo easy baskets or or bigs easy baskets or whatever the case may be so um you know P struggled in the first half second half you know he played better and this is a two half

Uh two half game he’s one of the best scorers that we we’ve seen in this game you know what I mean so um you know my job is to make guys jobs a lot easier and I didn’t score the ball you know a lot tonight but I think my my playmaking ability was

Effective James you’ve you closed the month 11 and two in December just what’s been the biggest difference from November to now and was there a point where you felt like things were jelling andam like the amount of games we played so far we we didn’t expect it to be a

Hit right away you know what I mean and it’s still nowhere near where we need to be but the more games we don’t we you know a lot of games throughout the course of a year so you don’t really practice um as much as you would like to

Especially the trade happening in a random time but for us the amount of games now we comfortable now we see who you know what we like doing what we don’t like doing what’s effective for our team um on both ends of the ball and then you know tonight tonight where the

Last few games where somebody like why is out you know you need me to score a little bit more or playmake a little bit more or whatever the case may be so I think all of us we we learn each other game by game and that’s the beauty of it

And it’s fun obviously when you win it you know what I mean so um like I said it wasn’t pretty but tonight you know we’re happy with the win um James um can you talk about the defense that um you’ve been playing this season three blocks again tonight you’ve had a couple

Games this year with multiple blocks multiple steals uh what’s been working for you um just learning learning learning what we’re trying to do in both ends of the ball you know what I mean trying to be in the right spots and and um you know generating transition

Opportunities for us I think I think every team preaches this you know when we get out in transition we’re a better team you know what I mean so and I I genuinely feel like we we are one of the best best teams we got on transition

Just because we got so many guys that can finish and then we can we can generate threes as well so um for us me me being engaged defensively um it’s better for our team thanks let’s get ready for hoop Jab

Los Angeles Clippers All Star Guard James Harden speaks to the media following the Clippers 117-106 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Harden finished the game with 16 points, & 13 assists.