Rockets' Harden leaves preseason game with right knee contusion
Houston Rockets All-Star shooting guard James Harden left Sunday's preseason outing against the Orlando Magic at State Farm Arena in the second quarter with a right knee contusion.
He won't return, the team confirmed.
The injury came after Harden collided with Magic guard Evan Fournier, who was running a fast break. Harden came up limping, heading straight to the locker room.
Don't want to guess severity of injury this quickly but maybe can read into it that Daryl Morey and Rockets brass remained in seats at half.
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) October 12, 2015
As soon as I typed that, Morey, Gersson Rosas got up, headed in that direction. Don't want to read into that either, but well, never mind.
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) October 12, 2015
Harden finished the evening with 12 points and four assists on 4-of-9 shooting in just over 12 minutes of action.
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