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Stephen Curry hasn’t looked himself in the Western Conference Finals. All of the things that made him special during the season that won him a first time ever unanimous MVP award seem to not be as effective. Curry is usually able to  move around the perimeter with ease, even if being thronged by a defender. […]

With the Oklahoma City Thunder using two dominating performances in Games 3 and 4, they now have a commanding 3-1 series lead over the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. One subplot of the series has been the play of Draymond Green, who kicked Steven Adams two games in a row, the second […]

With the Oklahoma City Thunder currently leading the Golden State Warriors 2-1 in the Western Conference Finals, it’s interesting to look at why that is exactly the case. While you could probably pinpoint many reasons, it may come down to a simple matter of both of their star players reaching the right age at the […]

The Golden State Warriors were stunned by a dominating performance from the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. But one Thunder player was stunned himself. That would be Steven Adams, who was kicked between the legs by Draymond Green. After the game, Green told reporters that he didn’t even know […]

The Toronto Raptors currently find themselves in a 2-0 hole. In what has clearly been a mismatch of a series, the Cleveland Cavaliers have defeated the Raptors by an average margin of 25.0 points during the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavaliers’ total margin of victory of 50 points through the […]

Late in the Oklahoma City Thunder‘s Game 1 win over the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals, point guard Russell Westbrook committed an obvious travel at halfcourt with his team up three points in the final moments. But the referees didn’t call the violation, instead awarding him with a timeout after he had […]

Russell Westbrook is probably the greatest competitor the NBA has right now. He takes the game very seriously, and is now completely focused on Stephen Curry and the the Golden State Warriors. After the Oklahoma City Thunder finished shootaround this morning, Westbrook was asked about how defending Curry will be different that point guards he’s […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have a chance to advance to the Western Conference Finals tonight with a home victory over the San Antonio Spurs. The Thunder would set up a meeting against the defending champion Golden State Warriors. The Spurs, who could be playing their final game in the Tim Duncan-era, are looking to win […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder stole a second game on the San Antonio Spurs‘ home court this series to take a 3-2 lead into Game 6. With less than nine seconds remaining, Russell Westbrook clinched the win after after scoring a layup when a foul by Kawhi Leonard was not called by the official. Leonard and […]

It’s no secret that Russell Westbrook is a do-it-all type of player. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard led the NBA with 18 triple-doubles, the most the league had seen in a single season over the past 50 seasons. The 27-year-old averaged an eye-popping 23.5 points, 10.4 assists and 7.8 rebounds per game in 2015-16. However, […]

Following the Oklahoma City Thunder’s loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night, Russell Westbrook took full blame for the defeat. Although the Thunder lost just 100-96 to the Spurs, Westbrook’s inefficient shooting on 31 attempts is what really did them in. Not only did the 6-foot-3 guard miss 21 total shot attempts, he […]

Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant are two players who are willing to do whatever it takes to win and in Game 2 of the Thunder–Spurs series, emotions were running high. While the Thunder ended up winning the game in a very close final minutes of play, Durant and Westbrook got into it on the bench […]

There’s still plenty of time for Stephen Curry to return to action this postseason, but a number of his counterparts across the league aren’t so lucky. The Los Angeles Clippers lost their best two players, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, to injuries that will keep them out for the rest of the playoffs. It’s part […]

Despite only playing for a total of 19 minutes in a series that lasted five games before the Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the Dallas Mavericks, Charlie Villanueva still made quite a bit of noise while trying to get into the heads of superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Right at the start of the series, Villanueva […]

The opening round NBA playoff series between the Thunder and Mavericks was feisty from the get go. Between flagrant fouls to the head, trash talk from rookies, and then outspoken Dallas owner Mark Cuban dissing Russell Westbrook, this series certainly had a rivalry feeling to it. Speaking of that Cuban burn on Westbrook, Kevin Durant […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks series has had its testy moments with both teams getting in each others faces at times. Despite the tension, Russell Westbrook has continued to perform his pregame dances and Game 5 was no different. However, this time Westbrook busted out some new moves from the iconic film Pulp […]

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook has announced that he will no longer discuss the controversy surrounding his pregame dancing ritual that was disrupted in Game 2. But he’s going to keep dancing. “If you guys want to talk about basketball, I’m open to that but I’m not going to keep talking about dancing,” Westbrook […]

Dallas Mavericks reserve forward Charlie Villanueva and Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Russell Westbrook are going viral over a dance. The two had a minor shoving match before Monday’s Game 2, when Villanueva stepped in the middle of Westbrook’s pregame midcourt dance routine with rookie teammate Cameron Payne. Westbrook shoved Villanueva out of the way, […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are a fun bunch, but there is some bad blood now that they had their pregame dance interrupted last night by a pair of Dallas Mavericks. Russell Westbrook and Cameron Payne always have a cool little routine before the game, but Charlie Villanueva and Justin Anderson had other plans, literally stepping […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have a pretty cool pregame dance that goes down between Russell Westbrook and Cameron Payne. On Monday night just before Game 2, two Dallas Mavericks players got in the way of Westbrook and Payne’s dance, and they carried on like it didn’t even happen. Pretty messed up by the players though. […]

The biggest topic following the Golden State Warriors‘ 104-78 Game 1 victory over the Houston Rockets was the question of whether or not Patrick Beverley is a dirty player. Beverley first garnered a reputation of being a “dirty player” when he was involved in a play that led to the Oklahoma City Thunders‘ Russell Westbrook […]

This week the Oklahoma City Thunder faced off against the Los Angeles Lakers. Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant took some time in the locker room before the game to spend with their former Olympic teammate Kobe Bryant before he finally hangs them up for good. RELATED: Kevin Durant And Russell Westbrook Gift Kobe With A […]

We are just days away from the end of the 2015-16 NBA regular season. Wednesday will certainly be a day to remember, with Kobe Bryant playing his final game and the Warriors trying to set a new NBA record with 73 single season wins. With it all winding down and the playoffs coming soon, let’s […]

Kobe Bryant has been an influential basketball player for many players in the league today including Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. When the Lakers faced the Thunder on Monday night, Durant and Westbrook decided to pay tribute to Kobe by gifting the Black Mamba a very special personalized book. The book contains images and personalized […]

Russell Westbrook has been an absolute monster this season as he now has 18 triple-doubles, the most by any player since Magic Johnson. Westbrook achieved his 18th triple double in astonishing fashion Monday night against the Lakers as he reached 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in only 18 minutes of play. Before the […]

Lil B is at it again. After re-cursing James Harden before this season started, the Based God has now gone after Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook. After Westbrook told Complex in an interview that he didn’t know how Lil B was, the Based God tweeted this out:   It was National Sandwich Day […]