He’s self-experimenting, still learning …

He’s self-experimenting, still learning how he can maximize sections of his game that remain spectacular while extinguishing those that are detrimental to the whole. This season he’s averaging more two-point shots per game than ever before, and his percentage on those shots has never been higher. That’s good, but it doesn’t make him flawless. There are still too many long twos, some coming in spots where the defense has stacked the paint to take away a drive. He can always pass more. Three-point percentage matters but much less so if the Rockets are comfortable letting Westbrook run the show as Harden (and all his gravity) hang out on the perimeter — cutting into space, warping the defense in ways that blow dust off an area of offense Houston’s coaching staff has yet to explore. Nudging someone who’s so devastating with the ball off of it sounds inane, but basketball teams are harder to stop when more than one player is a focal point of the nightly gameplan. That’s just a fact.