Russell Westbrook and the Los Angeles Lakers ended their fairy-tale two-game winning streak today. After beating the Nuggets and Pelicans in consecutive games, the Lakers couldn’t hold off the fiery Jazz tonight. Despite strong performances from Anthony Davis and Russ, the Lakers can’t keep up with the young Jazz players.
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Russell Westbrook is leading all scorers for the Lakers, scoring 28 points off the bench. He almost had a perfect shooting first half.
The last two games for Russ have been rather efficient for the team. He’s already an early favorite for the 6th Man of the Year award, and played huge roles in both the Laker wins this season. This earned him some love from his home crowd tonight.
NBA Twitter reacts as Russell Westbrook gets MVP chants
While shooting a free throw in the 4th quarter, Russ got a lot of love from the Los Angeles crowd, as they gave him MVP chants.
From a crowd that was after Rob Pelinka’s life to trade him a week ago to becoming people giving him MVP chants, the Lakers crowd changed their stance faster than a chameleon changes its colors. NBA Twitter saw the same and couldn’t help but react.
How is Russ flourishing off the bench?
Despite his initial reservations about coming off the bench, the 2017 MVP has been excellent coming off the same. I think it’s mainly because he’s leading the second unit and he has the ball back in his hands.
When he was starting, he rarely got to bring the ball up the floor, with LeBron James usually taking care of the same. However, now that he has his usage back, Russ has started looking like himself again and that’s a great sign for both Westbrook and the Lakers.
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