Kevin Durant blames media for creating feud between him and Westbrook

But I had no idea the playoffs started in December.

But after a mid-season down point that assured this Warrior team would not reach 70 wins the Warriors are all of a sudden playing their best basketball of the season and they have a solid 9 game winning streak going.

Russell Westbrook is in the midst of an incredible and historic season. He hasn’t wavered on his staunch belief that he should play, and that probably won’t change. With LeBron, there’s Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. Stephen Curry (402) and Klay Thompson (276) just happened to combine for 26 more than the Rockets’ top three shooters. Surprisingly, Westbrooks defensive rating has gone up as well. In each of those four seasons, Harden has made more free throws than field goals. How can you turn a blind eye to 29 points, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists per?

A four-time All-Star entering this season, Harden has completely transformed his game under new head coach Mike D’Antoni, embracing an equally ball-dominant, but more facilitatory, role in his run-and-gun offense. After barely snatching the eighth seed in the Western conference last season, very few expected the Rockets to be playing at the level they are right now. Many players inside the Thunder locker room on Wednesday night were shocked to see Westbrook’s stat line on the box sheet.

You can’t answer that truthfully.

Both teams are explosive but entirely different. No one expected OKC to make the playoffs.

“He’s always been a pretty good playmaker, and now that he’s the point guard it makes things easier for him to make quicker decisions”. Did you even acknowledge each other? He scored six points and handed out two assists in the last three minutes of the game, adding a win probability of 12.9% or more with each play. He has been accused by some this season of chasing triple-doubles and padding his stats throughout games which has opened up the conversation for Harden. “Whether you’re down 15-0 in the first quarter, night in and night out, you just have to be ready to play”.

“‘He’s selfish”, all he thinks about is stats.

“Westbrook is going to win because nobody has had his stats since Oscar Robertson and he is carrying his team with no other real stars”, Mcniell said.

That’s ultimately what the argument came down to for our All-Phoenix boys basketball team, which will hit the website and press on Sunday. Wilt Chamberlain’s own eye-popping stats – 50.4 points and 25.7 rebounds – that season were only good enough for runner-up status, as Bill Russell averaged 18.9 points, 23.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists but had the most important number, at least in the eyes of voters of the time. As a Rockets fan, I’m both proud of him for sticking to his guns and anxious for how it’ll affect his playoff aspirations.