And also the calls on the fouls were too soft, one thing that trigger the player not to play hard defense.
Fouls are fouls. Soft fouls only matter when the games are last minute and if the score is crucial. Refs most likely don't call a foul in a soft foul if the game is about to end.
Yeah. Recently most points of James Harden came from FT shooting. For me his like not playing hard, he's just playing smart.