Heat negate Harden's efficiency

James Harden is the NBA's reigning Sixth Man of the Year and probably the most efficient medium-usage player in the league. History says players like him frequently tip the scales of the championship in their teams' favor; since the NBA started handing out the Sixth Man award in 1985, the finalist whose reserve ace finished higher in the voting has won 14 times in 20 tries, good for a 70 percent rate of winning the title.

So why isn't any of that translating thus far in the Finals?

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Neil Paine

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• Writer, Basketball-Reference.com
• 2009 graduate of Georgia Tech