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szdaily -> Sports
Harden leads Rockets past Cavaliers
     2015-March-3  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    JAMES HARDEN scored 33 points and Cleveland star LeBron James missed a pair of free throws with 4.2 seconds left in overtime, helping the Rockets hold on for a 105-103 win over the Cavaliers on Sunday.

    Harden dismissed any talk that the performance was some sort of statement about the league’s MVP award.

    “Every game is a statement for me,” said Harden, who leads the NBA in scoring. “I’m just out here trying to prove myself — trying to win games.”

    It’s worked well so far. Harden has led the Rockets to five straight wins, a 41-18 record and the third seed in the Western Conference with fellow star Dwight Howard out with a knee problem.

    James hit a 3-pointer with 43.5 seconds left to get Cleveland within one. Harden and James got tangled up on Houston’s next possession, but no foul was called and the shot clock expired.

    James drove into the lane and was fouled by Josh Smith, but he missed both free throws to finish 3 for 11 at the line.

    “There is no excuse. I missed free throws,” James said. “I missed the two biggest ones of the game to put us up with seconds on the clock and I didn’t come through. I failed my teammates.”

    Harden, who had his 26th 30-point game this season, added a free throw and Cleveland missed a 3 at the buzzer.

    James finished with 37 points after resting during Friday night’s 93-86 loss at Indiana. He returned for a chippy contest that had multiple technicals and a flagrant foul by Harden on James.

    “It was old-school basketball,” James said. “When you have two teams with the same aspirations and trying to get better every day, it can get like that.”

    A long jumper by J.R. Smith put Cleveland in front in overtime, but Houston scored the next five points. Patrick Beverley made a go-ahead 3 and Smith hit two foul shots to make it 104-100 with 2:21 remaining.

    (SD-Agencies)

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