James Harden Faces Critical Game 7: High Stakes in Denver

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00:00but for some reason, just bad things find Harden's way in all of these games.

00:07And I think that that's why it's there.

00:10Now, he's played a lot of minutes.

00:12He's not as young as, like I just said,

00:14when he scored the 30-plus 10 years ago in a Game 7.

00:17But he's ready tomorrow night.

00:19Minutes, bring him on.

00:21He just wants to win.

00:22Just as a quick follow, I know it's late, but you did play 47 minutes.

00:26That's a impression.

00:27There was a yawn in there.

00:28Tired. Tired.

00:31Yeah.

00:31A little bit.

00:32You got another 47, 48 in Denver?

00:34Yeah, have to.

00:36Have to.

00:36Like, it is what it is.

00:37You know, I miss a part of it.

00:38So, you know, whatever the team needs, 47, 48, overtime, whatever.

00:44You know, I'm willing to do it.

00:47That is the coolest, like, hoodie I've ever seen.

00:50I don't know what was going on there, but he had it all going last night.

00:54And I just, you know what?

00:55I got to be honest with you.

00:56For once, I want to see him succeed.

01:01He's never, he's never done it.

01:03And I just, I want happiness for that guy.

01:06I enjoy watching him play pro ball.

01:11I think he's a great player.

01:14Hall of Famer.

01:15I think he's fun to watch.

01:17And I enjoy him.

01:18And to see him just constantly fail at the end game in the seventh or, you know, close

01:25out games, whatever it is.

01:26I just, at some point, doesn't a guy like him that's that talented, that gifted, that

01:33he's a stud.

01:34Doesn't he deserve it at least once to at least go beyond this and to get to a deeper

01:42run and to give us more because he's that special?

01:46He and Claude need to find a way to win this game.

01:50And I don't know how they do it because here's what's going to happen.

01:52You know that Joker's going trip dub.

01:55You know Murray's going 35 plus.

01:57It's happening.

01:59It's happening.

02:00Porter, Gordon, Brown, they're all going to go off at home.

02:04They play really well in that arena.

02:06I think the Clippers have a real problem on their hands tomorrow night.

02:10And I think that, I think that Claw and Beard have to go above and beyond.

02:16They have to take it to another level.

02:17I don't care about the first quarter, but they can't, they can't get down early and get

02:22blown out, but they, they have to come up big in the third and fourth.

02:26That's all that matters is that second half, no matter what, they got to find a way to

02:30be there at the end, like Brunson did.

02:34You know, the funny part is, and I, and I tried to go and get all the numbers.

02:37He's, he's three and three in game sevens Harden.

02:41The problem is one of those was real long time ago with OKC was a win.

02:46So that's, it's 2011.

02:48It's just, it's, it's ages ago.

02:50And the last three are the ones that really have everyone's eye on because two years ago

02:55with Philly was the nine points when they lost to Boston and they blew that series.

03:00Nets, Milwaukee, he had 22 points and that was that overtime game.

03:04They lost game seven.

03:05So he lost that one.

03:06And the OKC game, which was in the bubble, they won that game, but he wasn't really good

03:10in it.

03:11They had said he had 17 points, but they did win the game.

03:14So it's the last three.

03:15He just hasn't had those top-notch performances.

03:18I think he'll play well tomorrow night.

03:20He's a bad, I'm going to go with hard.

03:21He, he's a bad ass and I, and I think it's one and a half.

03:26That's it.

03:28Uh, yes.

03:29Uh, I have got that, uh, that is up here to me, Mike.

03:33Is that not stunning to you?

03:35One and a half, uh, for Denver tomorrow night.

03:38Uh, listen, we're going to get to this.

03:42I mean, here it is right here.

03:43I I'm taking the Clippers tomorrow night.

03:44I'm going against it.

03:46I know that Mitch, what, what, what Mitch said to you before is very true.

03:53You're talking about Denver losing at home in a game seven, two years in a row.

03:57That's a, that's, that doesn't sound very, uh, realistic, right?

04:02You know, they lost at home in a game seven in Minnesota last year.

04:05They're going to lose two years in a row in a game seven.

04:09I think it's possible.

04:11I'm taking the Clippers tomorrow night.

04:12I am taking, I am on, I am on your, uh, wave.

04:18Uh, and you know, at the North shore, you're going to beat my ass when, when you get to

04:22the shore, cause I'm stealing your wave, but I think Denver wins the game and covers.

04:27I want the Clippers to win.

04:29So I'm going to ride your wave and I'll deal with the, uh, stealing the wave and, uh, getting

04:34a black eye when I get to the shoreline, when you punch me in the face, I can live with

04:38that, but I want the Clippers to win bad.

04:40I love, I love, uh, you know, I've been on them.

04:43They're the team I want to win without a doubt.

04:45I'll be rooting for them all night.

04:46I don't think they're going to win.

04:48I think Denver will win.

04:49And not only that, I think Denver will cover easily.

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