Westbrook is no Harden. He is a freakish athlete and great talent but doesn't elevate his team like Harden does by himself.
WB has been getting huge numbers but his teams have lost with him missing a key shot in both games. Last night was a layup and tonight a free throw.
Westbrook played lot better tonight , Blazers at home are a beast considering no Durant , Enes Kanter , Steven Adams.
12-38 last night 39 points 14 reb 11 ast 4 TO 1-10 3PT 14-16 FT 43 MIN 14-32 tonight 40 points 13 reb 11 ast 6 TO 0-1 3PT 12-14 FT 37 MIN
He closed the game horribly though, that last like 4 mins he took some really terrible shots where he just ran down the court and pulled up. Barely used any of the shotclock and they felt like wasted possessions.
True. No matter what Westbrook does, he will always revert largely to hero ball down the stretch. He wasn't the glaring black hole that he was in Phoenix, but definitely made some bad decisions.
The winning is perfectly timed for the Lakers. Just in time to jeopardize their top 5 protected pick, too late to increase the trade value of any of their players.
