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Rapper Lil B says he'll lift curse after Harden commits playoff-record 13 turnovers

Published May. 28, 2015 12:49 a.m. ET

Jonathan Bradley

The curse may be over — but it's too late for the 2014-15 Houston Rockets.

James Harden played one of the worst games of his career Wednesday night, committing an NBA playoff-record 13 turnovers during the Rockets' 104-90 loss to the Warriors in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.

The debacle was especially striking since Harden was coming off a 45-point outing just two nights before.

But Harden was cursed, apparently.

You see, Harden's pot stir/cooking celebration looks a lot like the Cooking Dance made famous by rapper Lil B The Based God of Bay Area group The Pack. And sometimes he curses players who steal his dance without paying proper tribute. (See: Kevin Durant.)

Lil B called, he wants his celebration back.

Lil B attended Wednesday's Game 5 to let Harden know just how he felt about the perceived thievery and had a front row seat for Harden's 2-of-11 shooting, 13-turnover atrocity.