“It’s Special” James Harden On Alley-Oop To Russell Westbrook in Clippers Win Over Grizzlies

“It’s Special” James Harden On Alley-Oop To Russell Westbrook in Clippers Win Over Grizzlies

James uh I had to ask you about that play uh where you threw the LW 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 and 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 make it easier for him

Um you know he did a really good job of of his energy um fing must stach up tonight made some really good defensive plays H 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 Kawai and P trusting you with the ball put the all 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 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 zo easy baskets 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 you closed the month

11 and two in December or just what’s been the biggest difference from November to now and was there a point where you felt like things were jelling and games 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 an ordinary we need to be but the more games we don’t we you know it’s 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 affective 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 playm 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 you’ve been playing this season three blocks again tonight you’ve had a couple gamees this year with multiple blocks multiple

Steals um what’s been working for you just learning learning learning what we’re trying to do more things of the wall you know what I mean trying to be in the right spots and and um 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 I genuinely feel like we we are one of the best best teams we get out of 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 is better for our team all right you guys thank you thanks

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