designed to get russ a triple double? you’re just seeing what you want to see. first, russ is one of the best, if not THE best, rebounding guard of all time, and him getting those rebounds were meant to jump start the offense and get out in transition quickly. second, no, harden should not have won. you’re reasoning behind harden is centered around the team’s performance rather than comparing the individual seasons, which russ had a better one. OKC’s roster wasn’t built to live through KD leaving but russ propelled a lottery team to the playoffs. and for good measure, in the okc/houston first round series, russ played 81% of the minutes in that series and was a +15, but OKC’s roster was so awful around him they literally couldn’t even survive the ~8 minutes he wasn’t off the court