G James Harden recorded his 61st double-double -- 31 points and 10 assists -- and scored 15 consecutive points to help the Rockets clinch the third seed in the Western Conference. He also added seven rebounds.

G James Harden missed Sunday's game with the flu. Harden and F Trevor Ariza both missed a game for the first time this season, leaving F Sam Dekker as the only Rocket to play in all 77, before he broke his hand in the fourth quarter.

G James Harden came within two assists of his 21st triple-double of the season on Friday night. Harden, who led the Rockets with 17 points despite being harassed into 4-for-18 shooting, was the focus of a Golden State defense that blocked 14 shots and held the opponent below 100 points for the seventh time in the last nine games. The Warriors threw a variety of defenders at Harden, including power forward Draymond Green. Harden nonetheless managed 12 rebounds and a game-high-tying eight assists to go with his 17 points. "Just a bad game," Harden said. "It's frustrating, but it's happened before. We had a couple of opportunities. We just didn't make shots, and they had a couple of big shots. We had plenty of opportunities."

G James Harden scored 30 points for Houston (51-24). Harden, who also had eight rebounds and four assists, made just 2 of 13 attempts from 3-point range and was 11 of 30 from the field.He missed three 3-point tries and had a turnover in the final 1:50.Harden has led the Rockets in assists in all but one game this season. "The most important thing" about his play this season is "he's being a facilitator," Portland coach Terry Stotts said.

G James Harden recorded his 20th triple-double of the season, producing 24 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists. But he shot just 5 of 20 -- 1 of 9 on 3-pointers.

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.