PHOENIX -- James Harden needed only three quarters to keep his streak of 30-point games alive, but the Houston Rockets needed more from the MVP in the fourth quarter on Monday night.

Despite seeing a number of double-teams, Harden remained red-hot, as he scored 14 of his 44 points in the fourth to help the Rockets hold off the Phoenix Suns 118-110 while extending his streak of scoring 30 or more points to 27 straight games.

"I'm just trying to continue to keep going, like nothing can slow me down, nothing can stop me, and trying to give that same courage, same motivation to my teammates," said Harden, who added eight rebounds, six assists and three steals. "But it is not just about scoring, it is about going out there and attacking the game and being aggressive with the game, defensively, offensively, that is all I can give them."

Doing something no one has done since Wilt Chamberlain was terrorizing the paint, Harden scoffed at the notion that his 30-point scoring streak is draining for the Rockets guard.