‘Flop Karma’: James Harden flopping led to scary moment for teammate
The Cleveland Cavaliers had a chance to clinch its Eastern Conference Semifinals series against the Detroit Pistons on Friday night, but looked out of sorts throughout the contest, a 115-94 loss. The Cavs will need their lead guards, Donovan Mitchell and James Harden, to put everything together for the winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday night. Mitchell is well aware that they’ll have to play some of their best team ball and capitalize on what could it they’re in order to advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals, where the New York Knicks await.
“ Everything you want is on the other side of hard. Nothing good comes easy,” he said in his post-game presser. “You know what I mean?
That’s kind of how you have to look at it. We can sit here and dwell on this and carry that into Sunday. What’s that going to do for us?
Right? So understand you have an opportunity. You missed it.
We get an opportunity on Sunday, and that’s the mindset. ” One way to make the most out of the opportunity is to focus on themselves rather than the referees’ whistles, especially after a scary moment occurred in Game 6. Harden went to the ground, attempting to draw, but the area wasn’t properly cleaned afterward, leading to a scary fall for his teammate, Dean Wade.