FEAR. THE. BEARD.
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Draymond Green is one of the NBA's best defenders, but even he even could not stop James Harden from getting to the rim Tuesday night in Oakland. Watch:

 via Reddit

To be clear, that's the reigning defensive player of the year — the league's number one guy when it comes to stopping players from scoring — getting detonated on by a 2018 MVP finalist. Man, the playoffs are cool.

Here's that dunk again in slow motion and from another angle:

 

Here's Dray's hand just sorta flailing out there hopelessly, trying to block Harden's rocket dunk:

 

Draymond really didn't have it going on in game four, which his Golden State Warriors went on to lose to Harden's Houston Rockets. Here he is later on in the game getting his own dunk attempt blocked by the rim:

 via Reddit

For more highlights, dunks and general basketball oddities, check out our dedicated channel for the NBA postseason right here.

<p>Joey Cosco is Digg's Social and Branded Content Editor</p>

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