I can't get enough of James Harden's 'defense'

In his 'defense,' Steph had picked up his 3rd foul and Harden had 2 at that point.

I know Harden can be a shitty defender, but that was a smart play. He already had 2 fouls in the first quarter and was avoiding a third. We were already having quite the foul trouble as a team with the horrible officiating.

And we needed Harden to blow this open in the third.