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James Harden and the Houston Rockets suffered a 109-115 loss and went down 2-0 in their series against the Golden State Warriors. Harden put up 29-points on the night with 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and a steal but his night was almost entirely derailed after a lacerated left eyelid that left him struggling to see.
James Harden suffered an accidental poke to the eye by Draymond Green in the first period and was left with a laceration on his left eyelid and both eyes were inflamed/red and suffered damage. After the game, Harden told reporters “I can barely see.” Harden was bleeding from his eye but somehow managed to check back into the game in the 2nd quarter and went on to put up nearly 30 points.
Look at this picture of his eyes and tell me this isn’t insane:
Harden’s eyes. Ouch. pic.twitter.com/NxHdhiOlHN
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 1, 2019
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw6nE0bHA_b/
When I first saw this picture I thought it was a crude photoshop of the ‘Crying Jordan’ overlaid on James Harden’s face until I realized it was legit. But I wasn’t the only person who assumed this picture was meme-related and after I checked Twitter I realized that everyone on #SportsTwitter couldn’t stop themselves from making jokes at the expense of Harden’s injury.
When the giant picked up Lyanna Mormont pic.twitter.com/3d91moFpef
— Zito (@_Zeets) May 1, 2019
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw6_x1FBVV4/
when the aspca commercial comes on pic.twitter.com/Uf67Vpo6Vv
— Lana Berry (@Lana) May 1, 2019
When she tweet “I’m bored someone text me” but you been texting her pic.twitter.com/oLLLdX7Psn
— Chenzo (@Chenzo) May 1, 2019
When she says “Goodnight” but you’re standing behind her at the club pic.twitter.com/ksIsoEiWax
— Kxng (@KxngOsi) May 1, 2019
When someone spoils Endgame pic.twitter.com/kqlsDfqNXS
— Andrew Joseph (@AndyJ0seph) May 1, 2019
Thanksgiving in a nutshell:
https://twitter.com/Travonne/status/1123428427766231041
When she puts her ex back in her bio pic.twitter.com/mf2gTukzYX
— Alexis Morgan (@alexismorgan) May 1, 2019
“I love you 3000” pic.twitter.com/8qDHHcA0Jw
— Warren 𝓒. (@itswurn) May 1, 2019
Me when G-Baby dies pic.twitter.com/MRtiqBmGSr
— Baseball Bros (@BaseballBros) May 1, 2019
when the baby finally falls asleep and you kick a rattle on the floor on your way out of her room pic.twitter.com/xoOlLsfoun
— Grizzlam (@grizzzlam) May 1, 2019
Too real.
When you see the dots pop up twice but she never actually texts you back pic.twitter.com/hbb1pfeDdD
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) May 1, 2019
Clean up after yourselves.
https://twitter.com/russbengtson/status/1123428994253230083
when you go to adopt a puppy and she’s already been adopted pic.twitter.com/vYhLcDREZ1
— PROTOHYPE (@Protohype) May 1, 2019
Harden looking like.. pic.twitter.com/2HP8gGLFq3
— Dynamics • £ (@theDYNAMICS) May 1, 2019
How a lot of you feel all Spring long:
https://twitter.com/sung_minkim/status/1123436312982196224
There it is:
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) May 1, 2019
Asked about his injury in the post-game interview, Harden had this to say:
“It hurt,” Harden said. “I could barely see. Just try to go out there and do what I can to help my teammates. It’s pretty blurry right now. Hopefully, it gets better day by day. “Can’t see nothing. Barely can see.”
I know they make some pretty badass steroid eye drops for scratched corneas but I don’t know how they go about fixing a lacerated eyelid or what the extent of the injuries on his eyeballs is. Hopefully, this accidental injury doesn’t throw a wrench in the series as the Rockets are already down 2-0 and they’ll need to be playing at 100% to take this 7 games.