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James Harden’s varying brilliance sums up these NBA playoffs perfectly

This is why Sixers president Daryl Morey brought James Harden to Philadelphia, why Doc Rivers sent him a 7-minute gospel song called “You Know My Name” by Tasha Cobbs Leonard prior to the 76ers’ 116-115 overtime Game 4 victory over the Celtics on Sunday afternoon. Harden, at the peak of his powers, is still the devastating scorer that claimed MVP honors under Morey’s previous roster tinkering in Houston and the playmaker Philadelphia brass held out to pair with Joel Embiid during all those months of the 2021-22 season in which Ben Simmons lingered on the trade block.