James Harden’s defense has become Cleveland’s late-game answer against Detroit

Cleveland closed Game 5 on a 13-0 run, and the most useful part of that finish was not a surprise scoring binge. It was the fact that Detroit kept trying to bring James Harden into the action and Cleveland still survived the possession.

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