Click here for full article: http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/nba...-after-rockets--game-4-victory-081141018.html [rquoter] HOUSTON – The eyes of the most wanted man in Oklahoma City grew wider and wider now, the stitches across his eyebrow bobbing with the laughter washing over him. "To see me?" Patrick Beverley responded with mock excitement. "They're going to be ecstatic. I know they're going to love that." Beverley keeps stepping between the Oklahoma City Thunder and their chase for a championship. They will forever remember Beverley as the man responsible for cutting down Russell Westbrook, costing him season-ending knee surgery. They will forever remember Westbrook pounding that scorer's table, limping away and leaving Kevin Durant without his running mate. ... Rest assured, Westbrook wants no part of watching Patrick Beverley get over on the Thunder inside his arena. Enough's enough. "He's a tough kid," Rockets coach Kevin McHale said of Beverley. "He's not afraid to take shots. He's not afraid to make shots. He's not afraid to make plays." Outside his locker on Monday night, the smile curled over Beverley's mouth. As the Rockets guards go, Beverley (16 points, four rebounds, three assists and no turnovers) had been far better in every way than Harden (15 points, three assists and an ungodly 10 turnovers). Out of nowhere, Beverley refuses to stop impacting this series and suddenly is turning into a cornerstone player for the Rockets' future. For now, he'll simply be the most hated man in Chesapeake Energy Arena on Wednesday night. Nevertheless, Beverley promises it won't be the most volatile setting of his young career. At 24 years old, he's been to basketball oblivion and back, and these circumstances bring out the ferocity with him. ... [/rquoter]
I welcome this particular storyline. Forge the steel of the young guard. A rivalry that will exceed Utah/Houston proportions.
"Beverley refuses to stop impacting this series and suddenly is turning into a cornerstone player for the Rockets' future." Hmmm.... I hope Woj is right on that
With the way these games have been played since game 2, AND the story lines of Harden vs Durant AND, Beverly taking out Westbrook, there's no way these games would end up on NBATV
"they will remember Beverley sliding his feet, getting between Durant and a driving basket to push Game 4 into overtime on Monday night." Idiot! atleast we know he didn't watch the game.
I will be in OKC this weekend for a wedding. I wanted to get a Bev jersey to do a bit of trolling, but I didn't think I'd be able to get one in time.
Some of you need better reading comprehension. Woj is very aware the game didn't go into overtime. He's saying that Beverley sliding his feet got between Durant and stopped the basket that would have pushed Game 4 into OT.
I think he was referring to game 5 as "overtime". Bad wording on his part. Beverley is quickly becoming an integral part of this team. He has the grit that I think we were missing in the backcourt.
