Westbrook suffers through poor shooting night
Russell Westbrook - G - Oklahoma City Thunder
May 18, 2011 - 1:05 AM ET
Russell Westbrook had a rough night shooting the ball, hitting just 3-of-15 shots from the field, but he did net 14-of-18 shots from the foul line to finish with 20 points, three rebounds, three assists, and a steal in the Thunder's loss.
He'll get destroyed in the media for his FG%, but the reality here is that the Thunder as a team got the ball to Kevin Durant a whole lot more efficiently than most nights during these playoffs. Westbrook's low assist total was a function of bad offensive spacing, Dallas' zone defense, and Dallas realizing as the game went on that Westbrook wasn't hitting his shots.
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