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James Harden is at the game tonight eating ice cream out of a plastic hat

ByMatt Rutkowski|
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - APRIL 21: James Harden #13 of the Houston Rockets talks to the media following Game Three of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs against the Minnesota Timberwolves on April 21, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - APRIL 21: James Harden #13 of the Houston Rockets talks to the media following Game Three of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs against the Minnesota Timberwolves on April 21, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)

There’s an important game tonight for basketball fans. People across the nation are locked in. James Harden is eating ice cream out of a plastic hat.

We all deserve a break once in a while. Being around your game and your team for months on end can get exhausting. For example, I was once on a middle school debate team, and after a half hour of not understanding the Panama Canal I wanted to run out of the room and eat a gallon of mint chocolate chip. I have to imagine it’d be at least twice as bad if I were famous, in Texas, and had a beard.

To that end, here is James Harden at the Houston Astros game, in a suite, by himself, eating some ice cream out of a miniature batter’s helmet.

He seems content, relaxed, hungry. As this is happening, hundreds of miles away in Boston two teams are battling for game 1 dominance. Ben Simmons has more turnovers than assists. Joel Embiid is forcing his way inside, ending in a basket or turnover nearly every time. Aron Baynes is hitting threes. Al Horford might be good at basketball. There is so much energy in this TD Garden that it could power at least six horses for at least a year.

James Harden is eating ice cream out of a plastic hat.

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Basketball wins are important and all, but this seems like a win in life. I’d much rather be enjoying a nice 2-0 game from the local American Cricket team than have to deal with Marcus Smart or Joel Embiid hounding every shot or step I took.

The only question now is the type of ice cream. Rocky road shares a syllable with “Rockets,” so I have to believe that’s the favorite. Chocolate is second in all likelihood. Let’s hope for a post-game followup.

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