Published 14:31 IST, December 27th 2019

James Harden waxes lyrical about Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, says 'NBA is missing them'

James Harden's Houston Rockets succumbed to a defeat at the Chase Center this week. Harden lamented the fact that Steph Curry and Klay Thompson didn't feature.

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Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have been missing in action for Warriors for majority of 2019-20 NBA season. general consensus around Warriors and NBA is that absence of Warriors' star duo has dealt with considerable dam to ir chances this season. Houston Rockets superstar James Harden also had a few words regarding Steph Curry and Klay Thompson's absence from NBA this season. 

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James Harden: 'Game is missing Steph and Klay'

Speaking after Houston Rockets succumbed to a 104-116 loss to Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson-less Warriors, James Harden said that " world and game is obviously missing Steph and Klay". Rockets superstar continued by saying that if Warriors' star duo featured during Rockets' visit to Chase Center, it "would have been, obviously, a great, competitive game". Considering that Warriors beat Rockets without Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, James Harden and Houston Rockets will have to go back to drawing board ahead of ir game against Brooklyn Nets at Toyota Center this weekend. 

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While James Harden did man 24 points against Warriors, that 24-point effort proved to be futile at Chase Center. Stephen Curry's bror-in-law Damion Lee led Warriors to victory over Rockets with a team-high 22-point display. Russell Westbrook tried his best to pull Rockets to victory. However, his game-high 30-point display fell just short as Rockets succumbed to ir 10th defeat in NBA this season.

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14:31 IST, December 27th 2019