“Tied the series up. Tied the series and put them on their heels. It’s pretty simple,” Harden said. It was “James being James,” as Rivers put it. The meaning of that phrase has changed over the last few years, though. Harden has not been the type of volume scorer he was as recently as the 2019-20 season. The three-time scoring champ went over 30 points only one time in 30 games in a Sixers uniform. Harden’s lack of scoring has been a popular topic in Philadelphia over the past few weeks, but Rivers has pointed out that Harden is more responsible for the team’s scoring output than his own.