Hours after the Houston Rockets’ 105-103 overtime win over the Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday, the Rockets’ Twitter account tweeted a picture calling shooting guard James Harden “King James.”
This tweet was trolling Cavaliers small forward LeBron James who is known as “King James.”
While Harden and James’ stat lines were very similar on Sunday, Harden shot 15/18 from the foul line compared to James’ 3/11, which helped the Rockets win the game. James missed two free throws with less than five seconds to go in overtime with the Cavaliers down one point.
Long live the new King. Highlights, photos, recap & reactions from today’s big OT win on http://t.co/VBY18eSOmU. pic.twitter.com/91utdhnqTx
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) March 2, 2015
James is still the “king” of the NBA, but with Harden’s play this season he is certainly making a run at the throne.