The Houston Rockets are no strangers to a cold-shooting night. They happen from time to time with a team that takes so many three-point shots. This was one of those games. Houston shot just 37 percent from the field and an ugly 16-57 from deep, and despite some tight defense down the stretch that almost pulled the game out, they fell to the Indiana Pacers 108-104.
Russell Westbrook missed today’s game with a thigh strain that could keep him out into the postseason, so that left the heavy lifting up to James Harden, and he responded with 45 points, a career-high 17 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals on 13-21 shooting from the field and 7-14 from beyond the arc.