That was a hard one for the Bulls Friday, their 121-117 overtime loss to the Houston Rockets.
A James Harden, one, actually.
The Rockets Most Valuable Player candidate had 42 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists, and 19 points in the fourth quarter and overtime combined even if Harden shot a ghastly 13 of 33. It also was an audacious series of foul calls that went in Harden’s favor, the Audacity of Nope—no way, c’mon—as on one occasion Harden was actually called for a technical foul for belting Paul Zipser in the face with his elbow while the foul was on Zipser.