Durant and Harden on Jimmy Fallon

Late January and the dog days of a marathon 82 game schedule are starting to set in with both players and followers of the game. OKC has played 48 games, 34 left in the regular season. Hard to get up for every game since there’s basically no suspense left in this regular season. Golden State will finish first in the West. Cleveland will finish first in the East. San Antonio will most likely finish second in the West, while second place in the East is up for grabs. So—there’s your league wise suspense–who’ll finish second in the East.

OKC seems destined for a third place seed which means they wouldn’t have home court advantage beyond the first round. OKC is 35-13, which is about the pace everyone thought they’d play, but no one envisioned how much better Golden State would be this season in pursuit of a repeat. Therein lies the league storyline…how much better Golden State is with the same players.

That being written—I’m going to pull back bitching about OKC’s defense for a couple of days, (probably one) and take a look back at the wonderful days of  James Harden being OKC’s sixth man and point guard co-pilot.

Harden is back in town tomorrow night and is for the part still loved. Some bitch about him not taking the deal Presti offered, but it was a career no brainer for Harden. Who knows, maybe Durant and Harden will be reunited at some point again in their NBA careers.

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