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High-flying Harden makes history at fabled Garden
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James Harden took his high-scoring act to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday where he dazzled his way to a career-high 61 points as the Houston Rockets edged the hapless New York Knicks 114-110.
“Every time I come to the Garden I got to put on a show. They expect it and that is what I gave them,” said Harden.
Harden tied Kobe Bryant for the most points ever by an opponent at the fabled MSG and he is second all-time to ex-Knick Carmelo Anthony’s 62 points in 2014.
“I got to keep going,” Harden said. “My legacy is at stake. There is no limit to what I can do.”
Harden is scoring at a pace the NBA hasn’t seen since the heyday of Wilt Chamberlain, as he stretched his streak of scoring 30-plus points to 21 games. He is making anything seem possible, earning his third 50-plus point game — while racking up 261 points — in his last five contests.
Chamberlain owns the longest streak of 30-plus point outings, a mammoth 65-game run during the 1961-62 season. Chamberlain still has two other 30-plus scoring streaks (31 and 25) that are longer than Harden’s.
Harden helped salt the game away for the Rockets with three seconds left by grabbing a loose ball and going in for a soaring dunk to cap the scoring.
He also had 15 rebounds, shot 17-of-38 from the floor and drained 22 of 25 free throws. He was just 5 of 20 from beyond the arc. “In the Garden I’ll take it,” said Harden. “This is one of the historical buildings in the sport that we have.”
Rookie Allonzo Trier scored a season-high 31 points for the lowly Knicks, who lost their seventh straight game.
Their coach David Fizdale was ejected with 68 seconds to go when he earned his second technical foul of the night.
Coming into the game, the lowly Knicks were allowing 115.7 points per game, the third-highest figure in the league.
Harden’s best previous game at the Garden was 36 points but he had that by halftime.
Elsewhere, it was: Pacers 110, Raptors 106; 76ers 122, Spurs 120; Celtics 123, Cavaliers 103; Hornets 118, Grizzlies 107; Pistons 98, Pelicans 94; Clippers 111, Heat 99; Hawks 121, Bulls 101; Nets 114, Magic 110; and Jazz 114, Nuggets 108.
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