Russell Westbrook Believes Nuggets Better Than Thunder Despite Record

There are a lot of methods to explain the brilliance of Russell Westbrook on the ground, however maybe the very best phrase to place a bow on it’s: Confidence. Positive, the purpose guard destined for the Corridor of Fame was probably the greatest peak athletes the NBA has ever seen with rim rattling dunks capping off darts down the ground, and he’s a relentless competitor who made historical past nightly in Bricktown, however his confidence has persistently stood out.

The factor about confidence is, delusion will not be far behind. Routinely all through Westbrook’s profession he has allowed his confidence to spill over into his feelings and over take his play for higher or worse. The blimishes on his resumes in that regard contains his closing two playoff runs in Oklahoma Metropolis had been private battles finally noticed him lose lopsided wars to Ricky Rubio and Damian Lillard who outplayed the Thunder legend en path to sequence wins.

Although, that confidence has by no means wavered even with the NBA world wrongfully ridiculing and scapegoating him at each flip since his departure from Oklahoma Metropolis. Tonight was a shining instance of that confidence boosting his recreation because the veteran guard posted a jaw-dropping 29 factors on simply 5 misses, with 3-for-4 from past the arc and 6-for-8 on the charity stripe. Westbrook additionally hauled in six rebounds, six assists, and swiped a steal to assist Denver deliever Oklahoma Metropolis thier first lack of the season, 124-122.

After the sport although, Westbrook’s confidence rapidly turned to delusion when he spouted “Proper now they bought the very best file however I really feel like we bought a greater crew and tonight we confirmed that,” after beating the Thunder.

Denver attracts the season season to a leveled 1-1 file and all it took to get hte win was a second dwelling recreation, an outlier evening from a 35 yr outdated level guard, a close to 20-20 triple-double from Jokic, and two Nuggets having the sport of their lives all whereas Shai Gilgeous-Alexander posted eight turnovers and Chet Holmgren had extra misses than makes.

Actually, that may be a recipe for fulfillment and extra two level Nuggets victories. Neither crew got here into tonight wholesome with Denver down Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon and the Thunder lacking Isaiah Hartenstein, Kenich Williams and Jaylin Williams.

Whereas the 5-3 Nuggets wanted one thing to cheer about after laboring their method by way of victories over Toronto and Brooklyn, maybe staking their declare to the highest of the Western Convention was a bit untimely.

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