The Houston Rockets pulled out a 98-110 victory against the visiting Indiana Pacers. Led by James Harden and his 45 point season-high explosion.
“It makes the defense move,” Harden said of the ball movement early in the game. “When you make the defense move, everybody gets open shots and you get the defense second-guessing what they normally do and our offense looks really good. When we’re moving the basketball and everybody is getting touches and easy shots it makes the game a lot easier.”
Harden finished just one point shy of his career high.