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OKC Thunder: Luguentz Dort is the Harden whisperer

By Tamberlyn Richardson

AUGUST 22: James Harden #13 of the Houston Rockets drives against Luguentz Dort #5 of the OKC Thunder during the second quarter in Game Three . (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
AUGUST 22: James Harden #13 of the Houston Rockets drives against Luguentz Dort #5 of the OKC Thunder during the second quarter in Game Three . (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
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MARCH 08: Luguentz Dort #5 of the OKC Thunder looks on during the third quarter against the Boston Celtics. (Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images) /

Dort gets into Harden’s head in the second quarter:

Even though Danuel House should’ve been called for a CONSTANTLY moving illegal screen on this play Dort deals with it and manages to get his hand up and bother Harden just enough to force the missed shot. The timestamp is 6:56, 12th on the list, or fourth of the second quarter.

At 6:27 of the second quarter, although Dort plays Harden perfectly on the drive and forces the missed shot Nerlens Noel reaches in picking up the foul, sending the Bearded man to the line. Noel needs to trust Dort to do his job and focus instead on boxing out and grabbing the rebound as that was a wasted play after Dort did everything right. Shown in video below from 1:34 to 1:40.

On one of the few occasions he gets a step on the Canadian driving to the paint, Dort recovers to block his shot. Timestamp 2:14, sixth video of the second-quarter group, 14th on the list

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