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[Non-Recap] My Westbrook Rant - Game 4 Round 1: Utah Jazz (3-1) 113 - 96 Oklahoma City Thunder (1-3)

First published April 28th, 2018

#TooComfortable

Westbrook is a dude that cares more about narratives than what's best for the team. It's honestly frustrating how gifted he his and how flawed he can be. Rubio was out there playing like he didn't even know who Russ was and just doing the right things while the reigning MVP got completely up his own ass when things started going the wrong way and having beefs with players up and down the floor.
Congrats Russ. You didn't shut down shit, 4 fouls 20 minutes into the game, overplayed a ball distributor and didn't see a bunch of rotations that allowed for Jazz open shots and now 3-1 down. And he should have probably gotten 2 technicals...
Game was intense from the get go and it just kept getting more personal. Too many guys lost their minds. Crowder was right to be ejected and maybe more should have gone out earlier as well.
Mitchell is true stud and Gobert has shown that if they can't get to the paint, OKC's offense really turns into a bunch of inefficient shots by mostly inefficient players.
With that said, PG found a way to create points one way or the other. He felt like the driving force behind behind any hope to keep this game within reach.
Call it overreaction if you will, but the fact i had basically an entire quarter to write this post game comment justifies my lack of faith in this OKC team, homecourt or not.

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