James Harden lacked the energy to get through a morning shootaround. Then he found the strength to fill the Houston Rockets with life in a playoff series that had started to look hopeless. Harden scored 31 points and sank seven 3-pointers while fighting flu-like symptoms, and the Rockets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 107-100 on Wednesday night to pull within 3-2 in their first-round playoff series.
