James Harden has more career 40-point games than Kawhi Leonard has 30-point games

Before NBA 2019-20 season was suspended, Houston Rockets star guard James Harden was averaging a league-leing 34.4 points per game. Since NBA teams have now travelled to Walt Disney World in Orlando ahe of NBA restart on July 30, fans have started talking about how Rockets could beat Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers during eight seeding games and playoffs. A Twitter user recently pointed out some James Harden and Kawhi Leonard stats in order to support his team. 

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Harden 40-point games vs Kawhi 30-point games stat

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As per Twitter user Arian, Harden as more 40-point games in his career than number of 30-point games Clippers star Kawhi Leonard has in his career. He n went on to list top five players in NBA with 40-point games, which ranked LeBron James at second place, followed by Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Steph Curry. While some people liked stat, many called tweet out for being 'delusional', even mentioning that Harden has never led his team to a championship, while Leonard was one who helped Toronto Raptors secure ir first in NBA history by defeating Golden State Warriors in 2019. Fans started comparing ir gameplay, with people believing that Harden would have less number of 40-point games if he played defence as Leonard does. However, many fans were enraged that he me it seem like Leonard has been a scorer all his career. Even some Rockets fans sided with Leonard, mitting that he is one who won championships for his team. 

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Fans react to James Harden 40-point games and Kawhi 30-point games stat

Both Kawhi Leonard and James Harden arrived late at NBA bubble due to undisclosed circumstances, practising with ir teams with around two weeks left for NBA season to begin on July 30. Harden was averaging a league-leing 34.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game while Leonard was averaging 26.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5 assists. Rockets are currently ranked sixth in Western Conference with a 40-24 win-loss record and will begin ir NBA season by playing against Dallas Mavericks on Friday, July 31, 9:00 PM EST (August 1, 6:30 AM IST). On or hand, Clippers are placed second in Western Conference table with a 44-20 record. y will play ir first game against  Lakers on July 30 at 9:00 PM EST (July 31, 6:30 AM IST). 

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