Doc Rivers on James Harden’s hamstring injury: He’s still not there

Something is still amiss with James Harden. The 76ers point guard lacks the explosiveness he displayed while blowing past defenders with the Houston Rockets. It’s the result of the left hamstring tightness that sidelined Harden for most of February. “He’s still not there,” coach Doc Rivers said before Friday’s shootaround at UCLA. “But his miles per hour have increased. He’s … almost to the level of Houston as far as his miles per hour. He’s reached his top speed he hasn’t reached in two years. He’s still a work in progress. But [in] three weeks, we really feel at the time, he’ll be there at 100 percent.”
Source: Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
Sixers coach Doc Rivers is still proud of his coaching accomplishments with L.A. Clippers inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-… via @phillyinquirer – 2:53 PM

Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Sixers coach Doc Rivers facing his former team tonight against the Clippers: “My time here was well spent. You look at the Clippers; they’re on the map. That was the goal. When I first came there, they were a laughing stock.” – 2:48 PM

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StatMuse @statmuse
Players in NBA history to average 25/5/5 with a .800 record or better:
Bird (1985-86)*
Jordan (1991-92)*
Barkley (1992-93)*
LeBron (2008-09)*
LeBron (2012-13)*
Steph (2015-16)*
Steph (2017-18)
Harden (2017-18)*
Giannis (2019-20)*
Booker this season
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Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
The @Toronto Raptors Fred VanVleet made two 3P in last night’s win over the Cavs.
Why is that noteworthy? He has made multiple 3P in each of his last 38 games, the fourth-longest such streak in NBA history:
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