SECOND-YEAR Brooklyn Nets center Jarrett Allen is having a breakout season, highlighted by a block-of-the-year candidate on a LeBron James attempted dunk in December.

On Wednesday, reigning league MVP James Harden became his second superstar victim with an emphatic block to deny a dunk at the end of the second half.

It was a sign of good things to come for the Nets, who blew their eight-point halftime lead in the face of a monster effort from Harden, only to stun Houston with a 10-0 run in overtime to pull out a 145-142 win.

Harden came out of halftime scorching, dropping 22 points in a third quarter that saw the Rockets turn an eight-point deficit into a nine-point lead.

He ended up with 58 points, his second straight 50-point effort after dropping 57 in Monday’s win over the Memphis Grizzlies. It extended his streak of 30-point games to 18.

Two of Harden’s biggest points came in the final seconds of regulation after P.J. Tucker missed a pair of free throws with Houston leading 129-128 with 15.2 seconds remaining. Harden barreled into the paint to snag the offensive rebound and earn his own trip to the line, where he hit both free throws.

(SD-Agencies)