Daily News | The Sixers consider James Harden’s hamstring recovery a work in progress: ‘He’s still not there’
The 76ers point guard lacks the explosiveness he displayed while blowing past defenders with the Houston Rockets. It’s the result of the left hamstring tightness that sidelined Harden for most of February.
He missed 21 of the Nets’ final 24 regular-season games with a right hamstring strain. Harden returned in the opening-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics and played in all five games. The Sixers then rested him as part of their hamstring recovery program against the Miami Heat on March 5 and March 21. Both games were the tail ends of back-to-backs.
Harden ran the arena steps following a recent home game and he also does full-out sprints at practice. Rivers said that takes a lot out of Harden and probably hurts him before the game.Harden fell hard to the court in the second half of Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers. After the game, Harden said his quad felt “a little sore.” But he added that the injury “wasn’t nothing too serious.” And Rivers echoed that, saying that Harden’s quad was fine.
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