BREAKING: Westbrook has meniscus tear in right knee

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook will undergo surgery in the coming days to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee, the team announced today.

Westbrook suffered the injury in the second quarter of Game 2 of the First Round of the Western Conference Playoffs. The three-time NBA All-Star averaged 23.2 points (6th in NBA), 7.4 assists (7th), a career-high 5.2 rebounds and 1.77 steals (9th) in 82 games this season.

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We're f***ed. May get out of this round but won't get out of the next round without Westbrook. People don't understand how much of the load he and Durant carry offensively.

holy shit

I have a meniscus tear in my left, its not an extremely serious injury the recovery time for the surgery is about a week or 2.

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Classy.

Patrick Beverley is going to need armed guards if this series gets back to OKC. :oldlol:

He must really hate Patrick Beverley now...

Damn, the streak is over :(.

durant 50 pts a night now

**** Patrick Beverly

Patrick Beverly: The Westbrook Stopper
Aka the second coming of Ruben Patterson

Didn't Metta have the same injury? I think he would be out at least two weeks or the rest of the first round.

It's okay, Thunder has James Harden coming off the bench

..oh wait

[QUOTE]Royce Young ‏@dailythunder

The team says Westbrook suffered the injury in the second quarter. Yes, that's when Patrick Beverley play happened.[/QUOTE]

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This is Durant's time now. Lets see what he's got.

Maybe Westbrook has a Ron Artest-ish recovery?

Is this real life? so his streak of games is over now :facepalm I guess that makes it official every team has sustained major injuries except the HGH capital Miami Heat.

This is shocking. I never really expected him to get injured.

Very sad for him, my favorite Thunder player. They are fvcked now.

Noooooooooooooooooooo, I hope he comes back soon. Miami needs OKC in the finals. How much time does a meniscus tear take to heal?

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Finally KD will be unleashed! :bowdown:

Wait....what?

Westbrook?

:cry: Shucks, get well soon Russ!

durant's gonna get exposed now.

So who is going to take those Durant's rotten apples now when Westbrook is down?

Wow this NBA season has been terrible

Thats it for OKC...If he's having surgery, won't that put him out for the playoffs?

[QUOTE=Dro]Thats it for OKC...If he's having surgery, won't that put him out for the playoffs?[/QUOTE]No. He can be too sexy for his cat like World Peace.

[QUOTE=bmd]No. He can be too sexy for his cat like World Peace.[/QUOTE]
Artest was on a mountain of pain killers, now imagine Westbrook...

not gonna work.

Patrick Beverlys now atop of my most hated list. ****ing bitchass**********.

You face a real decision here. Because - depending on the extent of the injury he will be able to be back. But this is a young team....and this is a injury that won't hinder him in the future if given time to heal.

So it's rush him back and risk it or wait for next year.

I think he'll go for the latter and the Thunder organization will try to make him go for the former.

[QUOTE=jimmy77x]Is this real life? so his streak of games is over now :facepalm I guess that makes it official every team has sustained major injuries except the HGH capital Miami Heat.[/QUOTE]
They've been fortunate this year, but dont forget that Chris Bosh missed 3 weeks of last years playoffs.

I knew something was wrong when he said "it really hurts" in the postgame interview.

I'm in tears right now. That dude is biggest gamer of all time. Played through it like it was nothing.

Westbrook is the closest thing to God in this life.

:applause: for a true legend... he will be back...

soon

[QUOTE=Dro]Thats it for OKC...If he's having surgery, won't that put him out for the playoffs?[/QUOTE]
MWP came back after 13 days. But that's MWP.

That sucks and HE could come back in these Playoffs the Problem is they need to win the next round or two before he could come back. This is a 2 to 3 week timeframe for this isn't it ?

[QUOTE=Fudge]MWP came back after 13 days. But that's MWP.[/QUOTE]

Ya that's a 34 year old dude who was never a spectacular athlete. This is the best athlete in the league.

:coleman:

It's probably going to be another 3 weeks before the WCF [I]if[/I] they can get past MEM/LAC which I don't think they can without Westbrook.

Durant is going to break history tomorrow at 9:30PM ET.

[QUOTE=Fudge]MWP came back after 13 days. But that's MWP.[/QUOTE]


I don't think he makes it back for 2nd round which would be tough to beat Clippers without him.

[QUOTE=UtahJazzFan88]It's probably going to be another 3 weeks before the WCF [I]if[/I] they can get past MEM/LAC which I don't think they can without Westbrook.[/QUOTE]


Well CP3 against a Westbrookless OKC is not good for the Thundar's chances.