Los Angeles Clippers star James Harden continues to climb the NBA record books. On Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs, he made more history. Over the past couple of weeks, Harden has already tallied a couple of new records.
In Sunday’s 116-102 victory over the Lakers, Harden passed Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson (26,710 points) for 14th on the career scoring list. Harden finished the game with 21 points (9-for-16 shooting), four rebounds and 12 assists. He now could pass Hakeem Olajuwon (26,946) by season’s end.
The versatile guard is named to the Western Conference reserves; teammate Norman Powell is not despite averaging a team-best 24 points per game.
LA Clippers guard James Harden is already one of the most individually ... a game in which he passed Wilt Chamberlain for 8th all-time in triple-doubles, Harden was asked about a potential 11th ...
James Harden had 17 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds for his 79th career triple-double, and the Los Angeles Clippers led all the way in routing the NBA-worst Washington Wizards 110-93.
The Los Angeles Clippers won thanks to a big triple-double from James Harden. After the game, Tyronn Lue had to jokes about Harden.
(AP) — James Harden had 17 points ... Harden surpassed the late Wilt Chamberlain for the eighth-most triple-doubles in league history. Norman Powell led the Clippers with 22 points — 14 ...
Even though James Harden has never won an NBA championship ... Harden made NBA history by passing Wilt Chamberlain on the NBA's all-time triple-double list. Harden now has 79 triple-doubles ...
LA Clippers guard James Harden is already one of the most individually accomplished players in the NBA. With 10 All-Star selections, seven All-NBA teams, three
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NBA All-Star starters already announced last week, the seven reserves for each conference were revealed on Thursday night. Reminder, this year's All-Star Game is not a traditional format. It's four teams of eight (24 All-Stars split evenly and the winning team of the Rising Stars game) playing basically a bracketed tournament.