James Harden and Rockets Teammates Wear All Black Before Game 5 vs. Thunder

James Harden, Eric Gordon and Nene entered the Toyota Center in all black before hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of the teams' first-round playoff series Tuesday.

"Funeral colors," former New York Knicks big man Kenyon Martin once said.

While perhaps it was a coincidence, the Rockets were likely trying to send a message that the Thunder's hopes of coming back from a 3-1 deficit were dead.

Win or lose, Russell Westbrook—friend of the media—needs to be asked about this.

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