With Westbrook's brain that'd likely pay someone to pick cotton, how could he possibly be a match for James?
Moreover, the key to James' successful coup this time is...
He understands Coach D'Antoni's thoughts far better than anyone else on this team.
James knows very well that, compared to Westbrook, D'Antoni has always favored Harden.
Therefore...
After he calmed down first and found the right moment to step in, he instantly gained the support of the team's coach and his teammates, who had previously left him isolated in the first half with the Knicks.
That night, starting from the latter part of the third quarter, D'Antoni DNP'd Westbrook.
And in the second half, no matter what James' purpose was in comforting Iguodala...
That magnanimity, which left Iguodala ashamed, won him more passes from the Knicks' main playmaker, Iguodala.
Additionally...
