Russell Westbrook is a do it all for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Everyone knows how dynamic player he is on the court, but most learned about a new talent he picked up on Friday night against the Phoenix Suns.
During the third quarter of the Thunder and Suns game there was a stoppage of play to clean up a wet spot on the floor.
Westbrook didn't wait for the sweeper to clean it up though, he took the matters into his own hands. He cleaned up the wet spot so the game could continue and maybe that cleanup was just the spark the Thunder needed.
They went on a run shortly after this and made up the deficit with ease. They ended up winning 124-116 and moved further up the Western Conference standings. They currently sit in a tie for third place, but because of tiebreakers if the season ended today they would have the fifth seed for the playoffs.
43 points. 14 rebounds. 8 assists.
Russell Westbrook did it all tonight. pic.twitter.com/bJ6T9HDARS
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) March 3, 2018
Westbrook had a huge game putting up 43 points, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists. He wasn't the only one to have a huge game though.
Devin Booker for the Suns had one of the best games of his young career. He put up 39 points, eight assists, and six rebounds, but he didn't have enough supporting cast production around him to have any chance to keep up with Westbrook and Thunder.
The one thing that Booker didn't do though, was sweep up the floor and maybe that was the real difference that helped lead the Thunder to the big victory.
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