The cellphone video that emerged online Monday shows Westbrook cursing out a fan during the Thunder’s win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of their Western Conference playoff series on Saturday.
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Hornets 89, Heat 85: Kemba Walker scored a playoff career-high 34 points, Jeremy Lin added 21 and host Charlotte turned back Miami to even their first-round series at 2-2.
Oklahoma City Thunder stars Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant do not care for Dallas Mavericks forward Charlie Villanueva.
Before the Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated his team from the 2016 NBA Playoffs on Monday night, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook is an All-Star, but not a superstar. Dwight Powell came off the bench to score 16 points and grab nine rebounds.
One of the most talked about topics had nothing to do with the five-game series that had just ended in a Thunder win.
Oklahoma City advances to a Western Conference semifinal series against the Spurs.
The Spurs made light work of their first round matchup, the Memphis Grizzlies, winning four straight games to complete a sweep. “But for the most part, we got whatever we wanted on the offensive end”. Then Griffin aggravated the left quad injury that had plagued him during the regular season.
“I will tell you this, I’m happy he’s on my team”, Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan said of Westbrook.
The Mavs would continue to chip away at the margin – and after some good ball movement – Wesley Matthews spots up from the land beyond, and suddenly it is a three-point game. “We dealt with lot of confrontations, we got tested in these five games and hopefully we’re better for it”. The Heat shot just 39.5% from the field, led by 16 points from Joe Johnson.
He had entertained reporters before the game by likening the Mavericks to a cornered animal, and then proceeding to enlighten them with a story from his youth when he was once reduced to tears by a baby bull that had charged over him. “I don’t expect him to play in Game 5”. Durant added 33 points and seven rebounds. Reserve big man Enes Kanter was huge in Oklahoma City’s first three wins of the series, but was slowed by an undisclosed rib/abdomen issue after taking a shot to the mid-section during Monday’s action.
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Thunder: Durant was coming off his first game with fewer than 20 points since November 10, 2015, a span of 67 straight games.
