On the battle between the top 2 PG's in the league, Westbrook owned Parker.

[SCdac]

Paul wasn't playing, but yes Parker lost the matchup badly. Is it just me or does Westbrook tend to outperform him a lot head to head?

It's pretty even, but Westbrook gets more steals and corrals alot more (offensive) rebounds.. that kind of stuff makes him deadly in the open court and valuable in getting extra shots for OKC. Parker is quicker and a better finisher, but Westbrook seems faster, more athletic, and is a triple double threat on his best nights. his defense on Parker tonight was excellent.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...1&p2=westbru01

[russwest0]

Whether it's Parker/Duncan, Magic/Kareem, Kobe/Shaq, Jordan/Pippen, Wade/Bosh, etc. You NEED a 1-2 punch to win multiple championships in this league.

Clowns who don't understand that are just...

[qrich]

CP3 vs Westbrook:

Paul averages 19 and 10 on 49 percent shooting.

Westbrook averages 18 and 7 on 40 percent shooting.

Let's just do this season, where Clips are 2-1, including missing JJ for a night in a win. (PTS|REB|AST|STL|TO FG%/3PT%/FT% | FGA)

CP: 16.3 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 on 44.7/28.6/100[11-11] | 12.7 FGA
RW: 14.6 | 5.0 | 7 | 1.3 | 3.7 on 34.1/28.6/71.4[10-14] | 14.6 FGA

Not even close

[RedBlackAttack]

Head-to-head matchups hold very little water in a "who's better" debate, unless it is over the course of a 7-game series in the playoffs.

Kyrie Irving has routinely outplayed Russell Westbrook over the years when they've gone head-to-head. I wouldn't argue Irving is the better player (yet) as a result.

H2H is only worth bringing up when your guy is the one flourishing. Otherwise, the same people hailing it will be the first to dismiss it.

[JohnMax]

[Graviton]

We will see who shows up in the playoffs.

Curry vs Westbrook vs Paul vs Conley vs Parker vs Lilard vs Dragic vs Ellis vs Harden. So many exciting guard matchups.

[JohnMax]

Is it just me or does Westbrook tend to outperform him a lot head to head?

Not many people know this but Westbrook was last years Blake Griffin. He got better as the season went along. His first game of the season, Parker hit a game winner against him.

Than I noticed as the season went on, he started dominating elite PGs like Parker and CP3. Whereas before it would either be a tie or they would win the matchup.

[J Shuttlesworth]

I hope Thunder spank them in the playoffs. Don't want to go to the finals against San Antonio again

[Graviton]

Not many people know this but Westbrook was last years Blake Griffin. He got better as the season went along. His first game of the season, Parker hit a game winner against him.

Than I noticed as the season went on, he started dominating elite PGs like Parker and CP3. Whereas before it would either be a tie or they would win the matchup.

Yea, after the All-Star break he was the best PG, with Curry close second. He averaged like 24/6/5 on 46/32/81% and was even better than Durant in some months.

It was looking like he would have a great playoffs but then the injury happened. And even this season he started out playing like shit and had to rest after surgery, but gradually got better as time went on and he recovered. He is a slow starter, but once he gets rolling Thunder look unstoppable.