Russell Westbrook has a 20/20/20!

[L8krH8tr]

Westbrook is a beast . Perfect tram to get it against also haha the Fakers

[Ben Simmons 25]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[And1AllDay]

Jesus


20/20/20

And we got Mike out here doin 26-5-4 on 41% :eek:

[bigkingsfan]

2nd ever.

[Kblaze8855]

Thats one of the Wilt records I did not expect to be matched but if someone was gonna do it you had to guess it would be Russ.

[Doranku]

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

Only two turnovers as well.

[And1AllDay]

Thats one of the Wilt records I did not expect to be matched but if someone was gonna do it you had to guess it would be Russ.

Truuu

/2 Chainz

[And1AllDay]

Who the **** chose Team A earlier today :oldlol:

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

That's impressive no matter how slice it :applause:

Westbrook's motor is unmatched today.

[bison]

Wtf that’s insane

[LoneyROY7]

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LA born and bred fam. :pimp:

[jlip]

That's impressive no matter how slice it :applause:

Westbrook's motor is unmatched today.


This.

But admittedly I would like to see some of the baskets that were counted as assists. I remember watching a Rondo 20 assist game with the Celtics and was a little shocked by some of the baskets that were credited to him as assists.

[LostCause]

Sheesh

Fills a stat sheet like no one else this era

[JohnMax]

Not impressed. Lakers were without lebron, ingram and lonzo.

[Kblaze8855]

That's impressive no matter how slice it :applause:

Westbrook's motor is unmatched today.



Exactly. And you just know by morning we will have 12 "But they just let him rebound....." posts from people ignoring that his teams just LOVE Russell Westbrook. Duded like "Hes taking their reboundssssss!" meanwhile the guys he "takes" them from adore him.....


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[SamuraiSWISH]

Maybe he can do that while getting out of the first round

[Smoke117]

Still the most overrated player in the league.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Still the most overrated player in the league.
I

[RoseCity07]

Lakers are the leagues c#m rag

[imdaman99]

Did it for Nipsey according to his postgame interview

[Smoke117]

If you want someone to fill up a box score Westbrick is your guy. If you want someone to actually lead your team to any kind of success?...look elsewhere.

[imdaman99]

If you want someone to fill up a box score Westbrick is your guy. If you want someone to actually lead your team to any kind of success?...look elsewhere.
You expect him to lead his team to winning the Finals in this Golden State era? :wtf:

Get a grip son, CP3 ain't doin it either. No trophies for conference finals buddy.

[MJistheGOAT]

Impressed by his stats and his motor is MJ level.

Sadly, he has not the sufficient IQ, so he dilutes his talent in bad in-court decisions and underperforming in playoffs.

I am rooting for a OKC-DEN or OKC-HOU matchup. GSW will smoke them.

[Kblaze8855]

There is no level of success a players haters accept anyway. Lebron has the same haters from 3 rings ago. A hater will always find a reason to hate anyway. He

[SouBeachTalents]

There is no level of success a players haters accept anyway. Lebron has the same haters from 3 rings ago. A hater will always find a reason to hate anyway. He’s had as much success as maybe 70% of the hall of fame. Not like Chris Paul led his teams anywhere that matters or like he’s accomplished anything Russ didn’t as a #2. Just goes about it differently.

Much more respected players than Russ lost in the first round 2-3 times often with teams full of stars.

People will bend anything they want into something to hate and ignore it for the players they choose to respect. That’s just sports.
I thought LeBron & Kobe had it bad, but I've never seen two superstar players get shitted on more, for strictly basketball purposes, than Westbrook & Harden.

Don't get it twisted, the criticism can definitely be legitimate, but damn, they can't even get props for a historic performance :oldlol:

[brooks_thompson]

Russell Westbrook is unconditionally awesome.

[tpols]

its a nice feat of endurance and motor... the 20 dimes is especially impressive and a bit fortunate. hes still the only MVP i know to be perennial first round exit even with good/great help.

[tpols]

You expect him to lead his team to winning the Finals in this Golden State era? :wtf:



:biggums:

the thunder lost to a rookie led jazz last year. golden who?

[sdot_thadon]

Wow that was unexpected but if anyone could pull it off I'd expect it to be Russ. And Ish will expectedly try to downplay the guy who just had the only 20/20/20 game n their lifetimes.:hammerhead:

[SamuraiSWISH]

You expect him to lead his team to winning the Finals in this Golden State era? :wtf:

Get a grip son, CP3 ain't doin it either. No trophies for conference finals buddy.
He couldn

[Mask the Embiid]

Jesus


20/20/20

And we got Mike out here doin 26-5-4 on 41% :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1G8lQgMlGI

imma buy ya some diamonds


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if miniature lebron is shitting on mj, imagine what the real one would do :banana: :banana: if he got to play this shitty lakers team

[SpaceJam2]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1G8lQgMlGI

imma buy ya some diamonds


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if miniature lebron is shitting on mj, imagine what the real one would do :banana: :banana: if he got to play this shitty lakers team

IMA BUY SOME DIAMONDSSSSSSS

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[jlip]

This.

But admittedly I would like to see some of the baskets that were counted as assists. I remember watching a Rondo 20 assist game with the Celtics and was a little shocked by some of the baskets that were credited to him as assists.

I stand corrected. The assists were as legit as can be. Awesome and historic performance. :applause: :applause: :applause:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqfxOgpGh3M

[kennethgriffen]

im sold.. westbrook is the pound for pound goat stat padder

[Bawkish]

that's quite an achievement really

20/20/20 comes only once in a generation, props to Westbrook regardless

Unpopular opinion: i thought one of the stat there is his basketball IQ :lol

[Gileraracer]

Not impressed. Lakers were without lebron, ingram and lonzo.

Imagine Lebron guarding him. Add another extra 20 points


40/20/20 :eek:

[Rolando]

He definitely has the motor. I respect how absolutely relentless this guy is. He shares that quality with Jordan, definitely.

Well done Russ!
:applause:

[Real14]

Questbrook is Doing his thing:applause: :cheers:

[Kblaze8855]

hes still the only MVP i know to be perennial first round exit even with good/great help.

Because you think "perennial" means 2 years like a child who thinks history is what little they can remember.

Westbrook has lost in the first round twice as a best player. Karl Malone lost in the first round like 6 times literally all of them with HOF help. He lost in the first round as one of 3 all stars with an additional 20ppg 6th man. Got swept with homecourt vs a 43 win team.

"Perennial" does not mean 2017 and 2018.

And you wouldnt care if he won a round anyway. you...like all irrational haters....hate because its gone on so long its personal. Exactly zero people ive known like you stopped hating on the player they hated on when they did what they said he couldnt. You just find a way to move the bar.

The Thunder win a round and get destroyed the next you arent gonna be on here act like he proved something. And he wont have. That shit wont matter.

We heard 7-8 years about Paul not making a conference final. Nobody gave a shit he made the second round and you wont care if Westbrook does either. Its just phase one of something to hate on to later be changed to a new standard for you to still be right. In all likelyhood you would just say George gets the credit anyway.

People dont stop being haters. They find another reason to hate. I don’t even exempt myself. I didn’t think Karl Malone would ever make the finals but when he did I didn’t see it as less reason to laugh at him. I just knew he’d embarrass himself on an even bigger stage and never win. If he’d won....ok. I’d have been wrong. But I wasn’t really afraid of that happening.

We don’t stop hating just change the talking points. You sure as hell won’t.

[LostCause]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1G8lQgMlGI

imma buy ya some diamonds


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if miniature lebron is shitting on mj, imagine what the real one would do :banana: :banana: if he got to play this shitty lakers team

Bron could probably do it in NBA 2K

[Marchesk]

If Lebron recorded a 20/20/20, there would be 20 threads about it now.

[PeroAntic]

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]Because you think "perennial" means 2 years like a child who thinks history is what little they can remember.

Westbrook has lost in the first round twice as a best player. Karl Malone lost in the first round like 6 times literally all of them with HOF help. He lost in the first round as one of 3 all stars with an additional 20ppg 6th man. Got swept with homecourt vs a 43 win team.

"Perennial" does not mean 2017 and 2018.

And you wouldnt care if he won a round anyway. you...like all irrational haters....hate because its gone on so long its personal. Exactly zero people ive known like you stopped hating on the player they hated on when they did what they said he couldnt. You just find a way to move the bar.

The Thunder win a round and get destroyed the next you arent gonna be on here act like he proved something. And he wont have. That shit wont matter.

We heard 7-8 years about Paul not making a conference final. Nobody gave a shit he made the second round and you wont care if Westbrook does either. Its just phase one of something to hate on to later be changed to a new standard for you to still be right. In all likelyhood you would just say George gets the credit anyway.

People dont stop being haters. They find another reason to hate. I don

[Kblaze8855]

That doesn

[Rocket]

I can't stand Westbrick but I do have to admit this is very impressive. Given he is the biggest stat padder ever, it makes sense he would be able to do this. I am glad he did it against the Fakers.

[Gileraracer]

If Lebron recorded a 20/20/20, there would be 20 threads about it now.


but but but 30 point triple doubles* :mad: :mad:









*while getting swept in the finals

[tpols]

He’s been a low end MVP level player which pretty much means he’s as good as most of the better players to never win it.

What....someone I don’t know about calling him Michael/Magic or something?


thats where the disconnect is between you and most people. Youre trying to act like were comparing him to top 10 GOATs... strawman. Its believed by many that westbrook isnt even top 10 right now..forget all time. There are many players that have never sniffed an MVP that can be considered more conducive to team success than westbrook. Probably 20 or so guys currently down to players like bradley beal or dame or donovan mitchell, or dead ass id even take siakam over him going forward because he plays the game the right way and can fit with pieces better than russell can, leading to a better long term team product.


there was nothing wrong fundamentally with how karl malone played the game. he just couldnt beat the jordans, or hakeems... westbrook cant beat rookies or harden. its apples and oranges.

[Jacques Webster]

Dedicated it to Nipsey too. :rockon:

[imdaman99]

[QUOTE=SamuraiSWISH]He couldn

[SpaceJam2]

Why did you not include Carmelo Anthony? He was their 2nd/3rd option in the playoffs.

Unbelievable, Jordan stans getting on Westbrook for losing to better teams in the 1st round. Can't make this shit up :oldlol:

The best stuff I'll read all morning :lol

[Hey Yo]

Very respectable feat but can't help pointing out some shadiness of it.

At the 1:04 mark of the 4th, with OKC up by 16.... they made 3 substitutions and LA made 4. Russ kept himself in the game due to being 2 rebounds short of 20.

[PeroAntic]

Very respectable feat but can't help pointing out some shadiness of it.

At the 1:04 mark of the 4th, with OKC up by 16.... they made 3 substitutions and LA made 4. Russ kept himself in the game due to being 2 rebounds short of 20.
Of course he did. Adams also missing intentionally his free throw with a minute to go so that Westbrook can get his 19 rebound.

I mean what difference does it make if hes 19/18/17 and 20/20/21? Pretty much nothing, only in Westbrook's statpadding head.

He achieved something only Wilt has? Great. Does that mean we should compare him with Wilt-level ATGs? Absolutely not.

[BallsOut]

Maybe he can do that while getting out of the first round

TBH the first round in the West is like the Eastern conference finals in terms of level of competition the last decade. Put LeBron in the West and he can't even make the playoffs. At least Westbrook can take his team to the playoffs.

[Kblaze8855]

thats where the disconnect is between you and most people. Youre trying to act like were comparing him to top 10 GOATs... strawman. Its believed by many that westbrook isnt even top 10 right now..forget all time. There are many players that have never sniffed an MVP that can be considered more conducive to team success than westbrook. Probably 20 or so guys currently down to players like bradley beal or dame or donovan mitchell, or dead ass id even take siakam over him going forward because he plays the game the right way and can fit with pieces better than russell can, leading to a better long term team product.


Go ahead and stay in your hypothetical world where people who won less than Westbrook or no more somehow are more likely to win. In the world that is...you can think whoever you want should win more....in all likelyhood they didnt and wont.

You in here talking about role players and guys who won less than him stressing 2 seasons in a career thats probably gonna last 15-18 years as if teams of multiple MVPS have not lost to literal crackheads you never heard of. Looking through a haters lens its easy to make anyone who isnt dripping in rings out to be a loser.





there was nothing wrong fundamentally with how karl malone played the game. he just couldnt beat the jordans, or hakeems... westbrook cant beat rookies or harden. its apples and oranges.

Karl Malone lost to Mullin twice, GP twice, Rasheed Wallace, Webber twice, Dirk, Mark Aguirre, and Tom Chambers. Im gonna need you to get directly...and I mean DIRECTLY the **** outta here.

Just more talking what you feeeeeeeel and ignoring the truths you dont like.

Most of these people with the "right" approach dont win shit.

[coin24]

That's great, OKC still gonna go 0-4 in the first round:cheers:

[Smoke117]

Westbrick will chuck them to a first round exit while Paul George face palms and wonders why he stayed on this team.

[Marchesk]

Its believed by many that westbrook isnt even top 10 right now..

Who honestly believes that Westbrook isn't top 10 in the NBA that past fives seasons?

Let's look at the MVP votes:

2018: #5
2017: #1
2016: #4
2015: #4

Based on stats and MVP voting, looks like a top 5 player. Maybe he isn't considered that this year, since PG is his teammate.

As for playing the game the right way, it never got Chris Paul past the second round until he was teamed up with Harden. At least Westbrook was in the finals.

[Marchesk]

He achieved something only Wilt has? Great. Does that mean we should compare him with Wilt-level ATGs? Absolutely not.

Of course not, but honestly it looks like Wilt did a fair bit of stat padding himself. That 100 point game is an example. But hey, Jordan and Lebron have been caught checking their stats or gunning for a stat line. Superstars sometimes do that, particularly in the regular season.

I wish Kerr would have left Klay in last season when he scored 60 in there quarters to see if he could have passed Kobe's 81 point game. If the other team didn't like that, they could feel free to play defense.

[Marchesk]

Westbrick will chuck them to a first round exit while Paul George face palms and wonders why he stayed on this team.

If only he had gone to the Lakers.

[Marchesk]

Karl Malone lost to Mullin twice, GP twice, Rasheed Wallace, Webber twice, Dirk, Mark Aguirre, and Tom Chambers. Im gonna need you to get directly...and I mean DIRECTLY the **** outta here.

Just more talking what you feeeeeeeel and ignoring the truths you dont like.

Most of these people with the "right" approach dont win shit.

Yep, and Shaq got swept six times, Hakeem lost eight times in the first round, Jordan was 1-9, Kareem had an MVP season on a losing team, The Spurs lost to Memphis in the first round as a #1 seed, as did the Payton/Kemp Supersonics (to the Nuggets). Oh yeah, and Kobe's two time defending champion Lakers got swept by the Mavs.

It happens.

[tpols]

Who honestly believes that Westbrook isn't top 10 in the NBA that past fives seasons?

Let's look at the MVP votes:

2018: #5
2017: #1
2016: #4
2015: #4

Based on stats and MVP voting, looks like a top 5 player. Maybe he isn't considered that this year, since PG is his teammate.

As for playing the game the right way, it never got Chris Paul past the second round until he was teamed up with Harden. At least Westbrook was in the finals.


thats kinda the point though... his value is nowhere near what the media awards and stats would tell you. Thats common knowledge to people now, just read through this thread. His manipulation is well documented.


Chris Paul is more an issue of injury.. hes literally always hurt and that does dock him, but theres not much issue with his game tbh... besides the flopping and stuff i guess. Westbrook made the finals as practically third option behind durant and harden who tore the west up that year. Imagine if they wouldve had a dame or beal type who could shoot and think properly...probably wouldve beat the heat.

[Smoke117]

Who honestly believes that Westbrook isn't top 10 in the NBA that past fives seasons?

Let's look at the MVP votes:

2018: #5
2017: #1
2016: #4
2015: #4

Based on stats and MVP voting, looks like a top 5 player. Maybe he isn't considered that this year, since PG is his teammate.

As for playing the game the right way, it never got Chris Paul past the second round until he was teamed up with Harden. At least Westbrook was in the finals.

That's some real stupid logic considering Chris Paul was playing with Blake Griffin and Westbrook was playing with Durant...you know, a vastly superior player. Griffin was notorious for being useless in 4th quarters on the Clippers. That's beside the point that Paul has pretty much ALWAYS showed up in the playoffs. I've literally pointed out a 100 times how awful Crawford, Rivers, and Barnes were in those final 3 games vs the Rockets in 2015. An injured paul was averaging 21 and 10 on 61%ts in that series. It's not his fault his supporting cast were fukking bums.

[SouBeachTalents]

thats kinda the point though... his value is nowhere near what the media awards and stats would tell you. Thats common knowledge to people now, just read through this thread. His manipulation is well documented.


Chris Paul is more an issue of injury.. hes literally always hurt and that does dock him, but theres not much issue with his game tbh... besides the flopping and stuff i guess. Westbrook made the finals as practically third option behind durant and harden who tore the west up that year. Imagine if they wouldve had a dame or beal type who could shoot and think properly...probably wouldve beat the heat.
C'mon, Harden was complete ASS against the Heat. Westbrook was inconsistent, but you can't pin that loss on him

[Marchesk]

That's some real stupid logic considering Chris Paul was playing with Blake Griffin and Westbrook was playing with Durant...you know, a vastly superior player. Griffin was notorious for being useless in 4th quarters on the Clippers. That's beside the point that Paul has pretty much ALWAYS showed up in the playoffs. I've literally pointed out a 100 times how awful Crawford, Rivers, and Barnes were in those final 3 games vs the Rockets in 2015. An injured paul was averaging 21 and 10 on 61%ts in that series. It's not his fault his supporting cast were fukking bums.

And how's that different from Westbrook's teammates in the playoffs the past two seasons?

Iverson carried a team to the finals not playing the right way. Kobe has five rings not playing the right way. The thing is with players like this is that their positives way outweigh their negatives.

[Kblaze8855]

thats kinda the point though... his value is nowhere near what the media awards and stats would tell you. Thats common knowledge to people now, just read through this thread. His manipulation is well documented.


Chris Paul is more an issue of injury.. hes literally always hurt and that does dock him, but theres not much issue with his game tbh... besides the flopping and stuff i guess. Westbrook made the finals as practically third option behind durant and harden who tore the west up that year. Imagine if they wouldve had a dame or beal type who could shoot and think properly...probably wouldve beat the heat.

First round vs the Mavs:

Westbrook 22/4/4 45% Harden 18/5/4 50%


Second round vs the Lakers:

Westbrook 26/5/5 49% Harden 16/5/2 36%

Third round vs the Spurs:

Westbrook 18/7/6 35% Harden 19/6/4 49%


Finals vs the Heat

Westbrook 27/7/6 43% Harden 12/5/4 38%





By which I mean......




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[Smoke117]

And how's that different from Westbrook's teammates in the playoffs the past two seasons?

lol...Westbrook averaged 29.2ppg last season in the first round on .493%ts. He chucked up 26.8 shots to get those 29.2 points so don't sit here and act like he was great or something. :facepalm

[Marchesk]

lol...Westbrook averaged 29.2ppg last season in the first round on .493%ts. He chucked up 26.8 shots to get those 29.2 points so don't sit here and act like he was great or something. :facepalm

It's not like George or Anthony were shooting well either.

[Kblaze8855]

Westbrick will chuck them to a first round exit while Paul George face palms and wonders why he stayed on this team.

Let me ask you what you have seen me ask a dozen people hating on Chris Paul.

Let say he overcomes that arbitrary round of the playoffs you say he cant win....is there a prize for that? What does that actually get you?

Lets just say they win the 1/8 matchup and knock off the warriors...lets say that unlikely event happens. What do the Thunder get? Whats the prize? An inspirational piano backed puff piece on an NBA Blu Ray release about upsets like the 94 Nuggets got?

We handing out first round trophies now?

You win the title or you dont. They arent winning the title. They shouldnt even be that close. The round means little. Lets say they knock off the 60 win defending champs....he joins the hallowed ranks of Al Adams and Michael Ray Richardson in knocking off champions with multiple hall of famers....

When they still dont win the title(as has happened literally every time such an upset took place) you gonna whittle him a little ring to wear or you gonna hate anyway because it didnt really matter?

[tpols]

And how's that different from Westbrook's teammates in the playoffs the past two seasons?

Iverson carried a team to the finals not playing the right way. Kobe has five rings not playing the right way. The thing is with players like this is that their positives way outweigh their negatives.


Iverson fluked one run where it was partially rigged against the bucks because he had so much clout. They needed that David vs goliath Finals... He did jack elsewhere even on loaded teams. Kobes teams consistently played the highest brand of ball, and had great teamwork. Westbrooks play the worst brand and he himself is way less efficient.

[SpaceJam2]

First round vs the Mavs:

Westbrook 22/4/4 45% Harden 18/5/4 50%


Second round vs the Lakers:

Westbrook 26/5/5 49% Harden 16/5/2 36%

Third round vs the Spurs:

Westbrook 18/7/6 35% Harden 19/6/4 49%


Finals vs the Heat

Westbrook 27/7/6 43% Harden 12/5/4 38%





By which I mean......




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tpols just took the biggest ISH "L" I've seen in a while :bowdown:

[Hey Yo]

tpols just took the biggest ISH "L" I've seen in a while :bowdown:
Blaze got tpols bottom lip quivering after that one.


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[Elosha]

Geez, 5 pages, mostly criticism. This should be an appreciation thread. Might be a hell of a long time before we see such a statline again.

[Jon Salley's 10]

#BlackExcellence :rockon:
RIP Nipsey

[PeroAntic]

tpols just took the biggest ISH "L" I've seen in a while :bowdown:
you've been a user here for less than a month... right? :oldlol: