G James Harden added his 58th double-double with 22 points and 12 assists, his 46th 20-point, 10-assist game.Harden jammed his left (shooting) wrist during a fall in the fourth quarter but proclaimed himself fine.

G James Harden tied a career high with 17 assists on Friday night and also scored 38 points against the Pelicans. Harden drilled a 3-pointer with 69 seconds left to extend the lead to eight points before assisting on a corner trey by Patrick Beverley that gave Houston its lone double-digit lead.

G James Harden posted his fourth consecutive 30-point, 10-assist game, the longest such streak in the NBA since Bulls G Michael Jordan did so in five consecutive games from April 4-12, 1989. Harden has three four-game streaks this season.

G James Harden possesses one of the more distinctive games in the NBA, with his array of step-back 3-pointers and downhill drives to the rim serving as its most identifiable characteristics. But with the game in the balance on Monday night, Harden mimicked another All-Star point guard.Harden converted a dramatic coast-to-coast layup with 2.4 seconds remaining to cap a white-knuckle fourth quarter and give the Houston Rockets a 125-124 victory over the Denver Nuggets at Toyota Center.Harden finished with a game-high 39 points plus 11 assists.Harden recorded his 25th game with 30-plus points and 10-plus assists this season. He had eight such games in 2015-16.

G James Harden (40 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists) logged his second triple-double in as many nights in the Rockets' win over the Nuggets. It was Harden's seventh game with a 40-point triple-double, padding the NBA record he set Friday in New Orleans. He has 11 games of 40 or more points, and he also notched his 19th triple-double of the season.

G James Harden recorded his 17th triple-double as the Rockets cruised to a 139-100 victory over the Lakers on Wednesday. Harden delivered an uneven performance, posting 18 points, 12 rebounds, 13 assists and nine turnovers.

G James Harden recorded his 16th triple-double and the Houston Rockets grabbed a season-high 20 offensive rebounds to claim a white-knuckle, back-and-fourth affair with the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-112 at Toyota Center.Harden scored a game-high 38 points and added 10 rebounds and 11 assists as Houston (46-21) split the season series with Cleveland (43-22). His 11-point third quarter helped the Rockets erase a 67-58 halftime deficit and his nine points, four rebounds and two assists in the final period enabled Houston to pull away late.Harden scored or assisted on 65 points and is averaging 32.7 points in his triple-doubles.

G James Harden had scored 30-plus points in three straight games but finished with 19 points Friday. He also had 13 assists. Harden sprained an ankle late in the first quarter but said he's fine.

G James Harden paced the Rockets with 35 points, but he missed all eight of his 3-point attempts. He added six assists, his first game with fewer than seven this season.

G James Harden scored 39 points and distributed 12 assists in the Rockets' loss at San Antonio on Monday. The double-double was Harden's league-leading 50th of the season. However, he had a layup attempt blocked in the final seconds of a two-point defeat."Things just didn't go our way," Harden said. "A couple of calls that were extremely questionable just kind of messed up our flow a little bit. We fought hard; it came down to a one-possession game, which is going to happen in the postseason. We didn't win -- we'll move on to the next game."Harden now has 21 games this season with at least 30 points and 10 assists, equaling the total of such games in his career before 2016-17.

G James Harden parlayed a torrid shooting stretch in the third quarter into his league-leading 49th double-double as the Houston Rockets topped the Memphis Grizzlies 123-108 on Saturday night at Toyota Center to gain a split of the season series.Harden scored 20 of his game-high 33 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field in the third quarter, including 15 consecutive points for the Rockets (44-19), who stretched a two-point lead to their first double-digit advantage at 72-62 on a Harden dunk with 6:06 left.It wasn't until Harden caught fire that the Rockets gained separation, yet Harden didn't view his explosion as anything extraordinary."Score the basketball and be aggressive," Harden said matter-of-factly when asked what inspired his surge. "That's what I've been doing."Harden added 11 assists and Rockets center Clint Capela paired a career-high 24 points with 11 rebounds to stamp his workmanlike performance.Harden produced his 20th 30-point, 10-assist game this season. Harden had 21 such games in his career before 2016-17.

G James Harden scored 26 points, and the Rockets buried the Clippers 122-103 Wednesday. Harden, who also had nine assists, hit 4 of 9 3-point attempts and made 7 of 15 shots from the floor.

G James Harden added 25 points, seven rebounds and 12 assists for his 38th points-assists double-double.

G James Harden paced a balanced scoring attack that featured eight double-digit scorers as the Houston Rockets set an NBA record for 3-pointers while outgunning the Minnesota Timberwolves 142-130 on Saturday night at Toyota Center.Harden paired 24 points with 10 assists as the Rockets (42-18) finished 22 of 58 from behind the arc. It marked their eighth game this season with at least 20 3-pointers, breaking the mark set by the Golden State Warriors in 2015-16. Harden shot 5 of 11 on treys.

G James Harden produced his 15th triple-double on the season, one more than the previous career franchise mark, with 38 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists.

G James Harden produced his league-leading ninth 40-point game and the Rockets turned an offensive surge from the opening tip into a 133-102 dismantling of the Suns on Saturday night at Toyota Center.Despite suffering an ankle injury that delayed his return in the second quarter, Harden delivered 40 points, six rebounds and eight assists in 29 minutes.

G James Harden fell just short of his 15th triple-double of the season with 30 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists at Charlotte on Thursday. He was just 3 of 12 from the field in the first half, but he scored 10 points in the third quarter when the Rockets took control and finished 8 of 21 with four 3-pointers. Harden also committed nine turnovers.

G James Harden recorded his 43rd double-double Tuesday in the Rockets' win over the Magic. Harden paired 25 points with 13 assists.

G James Harden scored six of his 42 points in overtime, including the deciding free throws in the final 36 seconds, as the Rockets outlasted the Chicago 121-117 on Friday night at the Toyota Center. Harden then converted one of two free throws to push the Rockets back in front at 116-115 and after a Chicago score answered by making a contested jumper on which he was fouled. He hit the free throw as well and -- after Chicago missed on its offensive end -- nailed two more from the line to give Houston a 121-117 advantage with 16.1 seconds to play. "Our offense went on a little drought and we just relied on our defense," Harden said. "Our defense won us that game. We can't make 50 threes every night like we want to, but we have to find other ways to win. Tonight was one of those wins." Harden also had 12 rebounds and nine assists.

G James Harden scored 18 of his game-high 41 points in the third quarter, including 12 consecutively over the opening two minutes of the period. However, the Rockets collapsed in a loss to the Hawks. He added eight assists and eight rebounds.Harden ended January as the No. 5 scorer in the NBA, averaging 28.3 points, but only 12th in field-goal attempts per game at 18.6. Houston coach Mike D'Antoni acknowledged that Harden is still learning to strike the right balance between shooting and getting teammates involved in his first season as the point guard. He expects Harden to become more assertive within the offense by the playoffs.