He was there main defender on harden during the 16-17 season. The last two years he's only been on him 7 possessions. We don't get the good matchup stats during the 16-17 season but we have this article:
https://www.nba.com/magic/news/orlando-magic-los-angeles-lakers-notebook-denton-20170108
Harden, a leading MVP candidate, came into Orlando on Friday fourth in the NBA in scoring (28.3 ppg.) and the owner five performances of at least 35 points this season. Gordon’s long-armed defense limited Harden to five of 15 shooting and zero-of-eight shooting from 3-point range. Even more impressive, Gordon limited Harden – the league’s most frequent visitor to the free throw line – to just six free throw attempts.
``Just keeping my hands out of the cookie jar – that’s the main thing,’’ Gordon said of defending with his body more than his hands. ``When you’re in a legal guarding positioning with the arm bar, he’ll make that illegal by sweeping through and using his forearm to draw fouls. I just kept my hands out of the way, (make him) try to finish over the top and use my physicality to my advantage.’’
Gordon’s shut-down performance against Harden came four nights after he frustrated New York star forward Carmelo Anthony with his defense. In an Orlando defeat of the Knicks in Madison Square Garden, Gordon surrendered just four baskets in 13 shot attempts against the player he was guarding, according to NBA.com’s database of stats. Most of those stops were against Anthony – the NBA’s 22nd-leading scorer – who hit only six of his 17 shot attempts on Monday