James Harden has been the runner up in MVP voting in two of the last three years, but has always fallen just short of winning the award. In 2015, he lost the award to Stephen Curry by less than 300 total votes and in 2017, he lost the award to Russell Westbrook by a little over 100 points. His play last year was phenomenal as he led the Houston Rockets to 55 wins. Well this season he’s been playing better and the Rockets may improve on that record this year. The Rockets are 1