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VIDEO: James Harden can't defend Stephen Curry

Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports

The Houston Rockets need to rethink their defensive strategy.

Stephen Curry effortlessly dropped 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting (the lone miss was an end-of-quarter heave), including five triples as part of a 42-27 first-quarter shellacking of the Rockets on Tuesday.

Curry was on fire, no doubt, but he was helped along by some truly shoddy defense from James Harden.

First, Curry got Harden on an island and effortlessly waltzed by him for a driving layup.

"Oh, you thought you deserved the MVP last year?" - #StephCurry #Harden

Minutes later, an absent-minded Harden completely lost Curry as he crept to the corner for a wide-open corner three.

Sometimes I think it's rigged, the defense is so bad on Curry.

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