James Harden's comeback helps the 76ers square the series in Game 4
Posted : 08 May 2023
The Philadelphia 76ers' head coach, Doc Rivers, chose to remind his star guard of who he is going into Game 4 after James Harden had the two worst consecutive shooting performances of his entire career in Games 2 and 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Celtics.
"I sent him a gospel song," Rivers later said with a laugh. "The title of it is, 'You Know My Name?'"
Harden explained it all later.
"I'm on my way to the game, and I get a text from Doc," Harden said with a laugh.
"It's a gospel song, and I'm like, 'All right, whatever.' So, I just tell my homies, 'Let's play the song.' It's a seven-minute song, but I let the whole song play.
"I was like, 'All right, there's got to be some kind of good juju in this song, or however he's feeling, I want to feel like that.' And I guess it worked."
With 42 points on 16 of 23 shooting, including 6 of 9 from 3-point range, eight rebounds, nine assists, four steals, a block, and just one turnover in 47 minutes, Harden concluded with a stellar stat line.
And on Sunday at the Wells Fargo Center, he made the game-winning shot in the final seconds of regulation before sinking a corner 3-pointer with 19 seconds left to give Philadelphia a dramatic 116-115 overtime victory.
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