James Harden Becomes 4th Player in NBA History to Average 29 PPG, 7 APG, 6 RPG

April 13th, 2016 by Tyler Conway Leave a reply »
All season long, James Harden has rightfully taken flak for his poor defense. On Wednesday, we were all reminded of his historic greatness on the other end.  

With his 37th point in the Houston Rockets' 116-81 win over the Sacramento Kings, Harden became the fourth player in NBA history to average 29 points, seven assists and six rebounds per game in a season. Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle noted Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson and LeBron James are the only others.

Harden finished the game with 38 points, four rebounds and four assists. It was his fourth straight game of 30-plus points. The 26-year-old averaged 34.8 points for the month of April, spearheading the Rockets' last-ditch push for a playoff berth. Houston finished the regular season with three straight wins to sit 41-41 and earn a date with the top-seeded Golden State Warriors in the first round.

“[Harden] is such a fantastic player," Kobe Bryant said Sunday, per Calvin Watkins of ESPN.com. "All I can do is sit on the sideline and shake my head at some of the plays he was making, the shots he was m ...

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