Daniel House: “People talk about the Rockets and James Harden, and they criticize us for not getting it done in the playoffs. But they don’t realize how hard it was. Harden had three defenders on him every night. Name another player who had to deal with that on a regular basis. Teams would throw everything at him—double teams, triple teams, even weird defenses like having a guy stand behind him to stop the step-back. It was crazy. But despite all that, he still got his numbers. People want to blame him for not winning, but it wasn’t just on him. We all played a part. The game plan was to make sure Harden got his shots, and the rest of us just had to be ready. And that’s what we did, night in and night out. But people don’t see the work that went into it. They just see the result.”