(Photo : (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – Russell Westbrook #0 of the LA Clippers reacts towards the Chicago Bulls within the second half at Crypto.com Arena on March 27, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
On an evening that the LA Clippers thrashed the Memphis Grizzlies 141-132, Russell Westbrook scored 30 factors and 10 assists to turn out to be the primary participant within the historical past of the NBA to realize a double-double with 5 totally different franchises.
Also, Westbrook is the one participant in Clippers historical past to publish 35 factors, 10 assists, and a pair of blocks in a sport.
And that isn’t all as in the identical sport, Westbrook additionally handed Allen Iverson for the twenty seventh spot on the NBA’s all-time scoring record with 24,370, simply 135 factors away from Ray Allen for the twenty sixth spot.
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Indeed a wonderful night time for Westbrook, who needed to pull by way of for a Grizzlies determined for a win and enjoying with out Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. And a terrific deal with for his followers, too, as they received to see their idol participant not solely play a terrific sport but additionally make not one however a number of histories in a single night time.
Westbrook is again
After a dismal begin to the 2022-23 NBA season, getting blamed for the LA Lakers’ drab efficiency, Westbrook went from being a washout NBA star to the participant the Clippers desperately want going into the playoffs.
Signing up with the Clippers may be what Westbrook must rekindle his profession, which has been on a decline since his peak MVP season in 2017. His common of twenty-two.2 and 11.7 assists within the 2020-21 season dropped throughout the begin of his stint with the Lakers to 18.5 per sport. It was not stunning, although, as he had LeBron James and Anthony Davis as teammates.
However, the hype for his Lakers’ stint yielded little as his numbers continued to dip to averaging solely 15.9 factors a sport, his lowest since his rookie season.
The previous Westbrook is again with the Clippers, as seen throughout their Grizzlies victory, whereby he posted a season-high 36 factors, pulled 10 boards, and had 4 rebounds.
As the Lakers proceed to hover at .500, maybe, the issue was not solely Russell Westbrook.
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