Every day, we stray further from God’s light, presumably because we learn about a new way that the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors hate one another. The latest example of this came on Friday afternoon, when we learned that the Warriors are apparently skeptical of the extent to which James Harden’s eye is bothering him.
Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports appeared on The Spin and discussed the bad blood between the two squads. At around the 2:05 mark, Haynes revealed that there are players in Golden State’s locker room who think there’s something silly going on with Harden’s eye.
“There’s a few players in that locker room that’s not buying the whole James Harden’s eye being extremely hurt,” Haynes said. “They were talking about some of the shots he was shooting during the game, then he gets to the free throw line and he’s squinting like he can’t see it.”
Harden suffered the eye injury during Game 2 of their Western Conference Semifinal matchup, a game which Golden State won at Oracle Arena, 115-109. While going up for a rebound, Harden was poked in the eye by Draymond Green, which led to him leaving the game due to a cut on the inside of his left eyelid. He returned after heading to the locker room for a little, and looked to be in serious pain throughout the evening, saying that he could “barely see” after coming back onto the floor. Still, Harden ended with 29 points on 9-for-19 shooting.
The Rockets think Harden will be fine going forward. The Warriors apparently do, too, but depending on who you ask, it’s because his eye was never bothering him all that much to begin with.
