according to The Athletic<\/a>. \u201cAt this point, it\u2019s about winning. So, I had to do what I had to do.\u201d<\/p>\nSaturday\u2019s performance marked Harden\u2019s 25th 50-point game in the 11-time All-Star\u2019s career, which tied him with Kobe Bryant for the third-most 50-point games in NBA history.<\/p>\n
Prior to Harden breaking the Clippers\u2019 record, Charles Smith and Bob McAdoo had the most points in franchise history with 52.<\/p>\n
Harden, who had 27 of his points from the first quarter alone, attributed his success on Saturday to being able to make good decisions when playing alongside his teammates. <\/p>\n
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James Harden reacts after scoring during the first half of the Clippers\u2019 road win over the Hornets. Sam Sharpe-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
\u201cMaking the right decision,\u201d Harden said of his play style. \u201cThat\u2019s how I play every single game. Some nights, I\u2019m really, really good at it. Some nights, I\u2019m not the best at it. And I try to be great every single night. Yeah, it\u2019s just that simple.\u201d<\/p>\n
The game also marks Harden\u2019s sixth 30-point game of the season \u2014 where the former MVP is averaging 26.5 points per game, his most since the 2019-20 season where he scored a NBA-leading 34.3 points a night.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe carried us offensively,\u201d Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue said. \u201cI thought we did it the right way \u2014 got the the ball to the second side, and then, he was able to get to his actions, get to his one-on-one. And I thought we trusted. <\/p>\n
\u201cI thought James did a great job; they were firing in the second half, and just trusting the pass and trusting our guys to make the right play. Which we were able to do in the second half. So, that was just really good to see.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Harden is proving that he can perhaps outrun Father Time. Harden, who is in his 17th NBA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27721,9142,21,9,11,10,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-49295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-james-harden","9":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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James Harden drives on Sion James during the first half of the Clippers\u2019 131-116 road win over the Hornets on Nov. 22, 2025. AP<\/p>\n