Back-to-back 50-points, 2nd straight with 10 3PM, Harden win

James Harden, 1st player to record back-to-back 50+ PTS games with 10 3PTS in NBA history.





Harden scored 54 points, ups their team record of 10 3-pointers with 19-of-31 shooting, seven assists, and five rebounds. he set in Houston's last game in the Rockets' 130-107 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday night.
— James Harden found his 3-point shooting touch — again.

 Rockets, Harden scoring champ shot 19-for-31 from the field -- including 10-for-15 on 3-pointers and 6-for-6 at the free-throw line -- adding 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks in 36 minutes. Houston won going away, 130-107.



James Harden, 1st player to record back-to-back 50+ PTS games with 10 3PTS in NBA history.



 This achievement makes Harden the second player to do so in NBA history, joining Stephen Curry, who did so in February 2016.
 That’s his fifth 50-point effort this season, his third Dec. 1 and his second in as many games.



It's the third time Harden has gone for 50 back-to-back in this calendar year:


Jan. 14 vs. Memphis (57 points) & Jan. 16 vs. Brooklyn (58; OT)

March 20 vs. Memphis (57 points) & March 22 vs. San Antonio (61; OT)


 To put that in perspective, only four players in the history of the NBA have multiple games in their career with 10 or more made 3-pointers. Harden is one of them, joined by Stephen Curry (who did the same back-to-back feat in 2016), Klay Thompson and J.R. Smith.


 Harden is now averaging 39.3 points and 7.5 assists per game on 64 percent true-shooting, which accounts for his enormous diet of 3-pointers






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