Last season, Westbrook played for the Denver Nuggets, where he had a significant role for a team with championship aspirations, averaging 13.3 points, 6.1 assists and 4.9 rebounds in 75 games.

How Westbrook plays the rest of the way could very well decide the Round 2 series. The teams will duke it out in Game 2 at 8:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, May 7. Denver will look to take a 2-0 ...

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The Nuggets had coveted Westbrook for a few years before they finally signed him as a free agent this offseason, once the LA Clippers, like so many others, decided the full Westbrook experience ...

Whether they are young or old, All-Stars or rookies, every NBA team has a player that can make a difference in 2019-20 ...

And clearly both Harden and Westbrook did make their teams better -- particularly Westbrook by at least one statistic, as the Thunder were over 12 points per 100 possessions better with him on the ...

Westbrook assisted on Aaron Gordon’s game-winning 3-pointer, and the Denver Nuggets stunned the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119 on Monday night.. Westbrook scored 18 points on 7-for-13 ...

Westbrook scored 18 points on 7-for-13 shooting and was a key support player for Nikola Jokic’s monster 42-point, 22-rebound performance. Russell Westbrook had yet another magic moment in ...

Westbrook — a two-time gold medalist with Team USA (2012 Olympics, 2010 FIBA World Championship) — was as close to a sure-thing for a spot on the final 12-man roster as anybody, coming off a ...

And at some point in the next 48 hours, Westbrook clearly made a conscious decision to shoot fewer 3-pointers. Against Charlotte on Dec. 11, Westbrook took only two of his 22 shots from 3-point range.

— -- CHICAGO -- With 12 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists against the Chicago Bulls?on Saturday night, Russell Westbrook?has only one team that he hasn't recorded a triple-double against ...