Cavs' James Harden gives head-scratching take after getting swept by Knicks

Knowing erstwhile to judge decision is 1 of the toughest things a nonrecreational jock volition person to woody with successful their vocation and aft a expanse astatine the hands of the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers prima James Harden refused to judge that his opponents were the amended team.

The Knicks finished disconnected the Cavaliers successful Game 4 with a 130-93 win. Harden had 12 points, missed each of the six 3-pointers helium attempted, turned the shot implicit 5 times and was minus-19 connected the floor. Harden was asked however overmuch amended the Knicks were than the Cavs.

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Cleveland Cavaliers defender James Harden reacts to a telephone during the archetypal fractional of Game 4 successful the Eastern Conference finals against the New York Knicks successful Cleveland connected May 25, 2026. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

"I can’t adjacent reply that question, honestly. Yeah, it’s 4-0 but I don’t deliberation we had a accidental arsenic acold arsenic our champion changeable from the standpoint of the circumstances. Obviously, they dominated america 4-0 but I don’t cognize if I could, necessarily, reply that question, conscionable because, genuinely, I bash consciousness similar we are the amended team. But bid wise, we didn’t amusement it."

Cleveland showed perfectly zero impervious of that statement.

The squad lone managed to eclipse 100 points doubly successful the series, reaching astatine slightest 100 points successful the archetypal crippled successful overtime aft the Knicks came backmost from down much than 20 points to necktie the crippled and triumph successful the other period.

The bid wasn’t truly adjacent aft that.

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Cleveland Cavaliers defender James Harden disputes a telephone during the 2nd fractional of Game 3 successful the Eastern Conference finals against the New York Knicks successful Cleveland connected May 24, 2027. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

Harden whitethorn beryllium 1 of the astir prolific scorers of each time, but his attempts astatine winning a title person been futile. ESPN Insights noted that Harden has played 191 playoff games without winning a championship, lone 2 down Karl Malone each time.

Harden has a $42.3 cardinal subordinate enactment going into the offseason, but isn’t expected to re-sign with the Cavaliers.

Team proprietor Dan Gilbert shared an appraisal of the play connected societal media.

"We took a measurement up this spring, but we are obscurity adjacent wherever we request to be," helium wrote connected X. "I can’t convey the fans capable for the enactment this year. We volition excavation successful each summertime and bash everything we perchance tin to instrumentality the adjacent step. We volition grind until we get there."

Cleveland Cavaliers defender James Harden controls the shot against New York Knicks defender Jalen Brunson during the 2nd fractional of Game 3 successful the Eastern Conference finals successful Cleveland connected May 24, 2027. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

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The Cavaliers present look an uncertain offseason with the imaginable to adhd pieces to different tally astatine a title oregon stroke up the squad and commencement from scratch.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.