Can James Harden carry these Clippers at 35?

Good or bad, like it or not, these are James Harden’s Clippers.

The team has handed the 16-year veteran complete control of the offense in Kawhi Leonard’s absence and possibly beyond.

And how Harden goes, so does the team.

Harden has in the past carried a team on a nightly basis, most recently when he was with the Houston Rockets. But that was back in 2013 when Rockets general manager Daryl Morey called Harden a “foundational” player and made him the face of the team despite...