On March 18, James Harden took a hard fall in a game against the Denver Nuggets. He got up and shook it off and hasn’t missed time, but he’s iced his wrist after every game since that fateful night. After going 5-20 from the floor as his Houston Rockets lost to the Golden State Warriors, fans and pundits are wondering if it’s time he rested up and let the wrist heal fully before the postseason.
With the third seed secure for the Rockets, it makes perfect sense for them to let their superstar spend the last few games of the season getting his body right for playoffs.