Houston Rockets Lose James Harden; Ty Lawson, Dwight Howard — National Basketball Association News & Rumors

119 loss against the Orlando Magic in the said National Basketball Associationpreseason game. He walked gingerly off the court and didn’t return.

Harden suffered a knee injury forcing him to sit out the second half.

After the game, Coach Kevin McHale stated that he had no information on the status of Harden’s injury.

Even if the injury is not too serious, Harden will most likely be rested during these upcoming preseason games.

Featuring shooting guard James Harden, the Houston Rockets remain one of the top contenders in the Western Conference in the upcoming season.

James Harden played only 13 minutes, but he helped give the Hidalgo crowd a show with 12 points and 4 assists.

He had publicly expressed his opinion on not winning the MVP award too. He has become a franchise level player for Houston and has played three of his best seasons in his career with them. Dwight Howard (15.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocked shots per game) will start at center, Terrence Jones (11.7 points and 1.8 blocked shots per game) at power forward, Trevor Ariza (12.8 points per game) at small forward and Patrick Beverley (10.1 points and 1.1 steals per game) at the back-up guards spot.

“First of all, I’ve been trying to be efficient since I was in college”, shared James Harden in an interview with Fox Sports. In fact, a number of fans and followers of the National Basketball Associationthought that the MVP title would be handed to the Houston Rockets star and not to Golden State Warriors’ player Stephen Curry. The good news from this injury is the fact that it is still the preseason.

The Rockets will be lucky if the knee injury is just a bruise since it wouldn’t be much of an issue for the season. That’s 100 percent given all the things that happened last season….