The Houston Rockets edged the Golden State Warriors 98-94 in a wild Game 5 on Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference Finals.They're now just one win away from reaching the NBA Finals and ending the Warriors' three-year streak.Despite being the two best offensive teams in the league, it was far from a pretty game as both teams struggled shooting the ball all night.The Rockets were certainly the more wasteful of the two as they shot just 13-of-43 from three-point range.MVP favourite James Harden was particularly guilty as he simply had a night to forget from the beyond the arc.The shooting guard failed to knock down a single triple as he went 0-of-11. Unfortunately for Harden, this proved to be a historically bad shooting effort.According to ESPN Stats and Info, he matched the most three-point attempts without a single make in playoffs history.The only other player to have had that same misfortune was John Starks for the New York Knicks in Game 7 of the 1994 NBA Finals.

Harden finished the night with 19 points on 5-of-21 shooting but the Rockets were somehow still able to overcome his offensive nightmare to get the win.

The 28-year-old was certainly glad to have got to the free-throw line on nine occasions as he was a perfect 9-of-9 at the line.

When asked about his shooting woes after the game, Harden replied: "Who cares?"

Stretching back to Game 4, 'The Beard' has missed his last 20 three-point shots which is the worst drought of his career.

No concerns

He isn't concerned with his misses, however, and declares that there aren't any problems with his shooting form or mechanics.

"I'm just missing shots. But we're winning, and I'm trying to compete on the defensive end and do other things to help my team win," he said, per ESPN's Tim MacMahon.

"But if we've got a guy like Eric Gordon making shots and being aggressive, who cares?"

Harden has every reason to be thankful to Gordon as he performed brilliantly off the bench on both ends of the floor.

Last season's Sixth Man of the Year led the team in scoring with 24 points and made huge plays down the stretch in the fourth quarter both offensively and defensively.

His big night spared the blushes of his struggling teammate who would've been in for some heavy criticism if they'd lost the game.

But instead, it proved to be irrelevant for Harden and the Rockets as they now have one foot in the finals heading to Oakland with a chance to eliminate the Warriors in Game 6.

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