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Through 14 games of the 2017-18 NBA season, it is no secret that the Oklahoma City Thunder (7-7) have not come close to living up to high expectations yet.
However, according to an article posted by Royce Young of ESPN, Thunder superstar point guard Russell Westbrook is not going to stress about the team's underachieving so far this season.
“We just communicate, man. We're not worried about it,” Westbrook said. “Whoever has it going, that's where the ball's going. We play off each other and figure it out. The game will tell you what to do.”
Westbrook continues to take a different approach this year compared to his historic 2016-17 MVP season in order to spread out the ball more amongst his new fellow superstar teammates in forwards Carmelo Anthony and Paul George.
“After our loss in Denver, we just had a sit-down with Russ,” George said. “I asked Russ what he needs from me, what he wants me to do better. And then I came out the [next] two nights and implemented what he asked of me, and that was just to be myself, be aggressive, and stay in attack mode.”
So far this season, each of the three big scoring threats on the Thunder have managed to spread out the scoring. In fact, the trio of George, Westbrook, and Anthony are averaging 21.9, 20.3 and 20.1 points per game this season, respectively.
“I think up to this point, there's no more guessing where guys are gonna be, where I'm gonna get the ball, where it's great scoring opportunities,” George said. “I think in the beginning of the season, everything is so new, not showing when to attack and what spacing was, how to operate in the offense. But to this point, everything has come together now. I understand what my role is and where I can be aggressive and where I can be helpful igniting our offense. It's just, everything is starting to come together.”
The Thunder will look for their fourth straight victory on Friday night when they travel to take on the San Antonio Spurs (9-6) at AT&T Center. The contest, which is scheduled to tip off shortly after 7:30 p.m. CT, will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
