Russell Westbrook may not be his triple-double machine, MVP Self, but on Saturday night, the watch backed up.
Westbrook reached a triple key at the end of the regulation and made the game savings game with 10 remaining in extra time when he forced a turnover to give the Denver Nuggets a 112-110 victory in game 1 of the first round of the Clippers playoffs.
Westbrook has done almost everything to do for a curriculum in the Hall of Fame: the 36-year-old is nine times All-Star, MVP, Tw Time Scoring Champ, three times assistance leader, and averaged a triple-double four times.
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The Denver Nuggets Guard, Russell Westbrook (4) reacts to his three -point basket in the last quarter against the Los Angeles Clippers in Ball Arena. (Ron Chenoy images)
Except win a title.
But, his mentality and description of self -processed work could help him mark that final box.
“My job is, excuse my language, FK ST,” he said after the contest.
“That is who he is,” said MVP contender Nikola Jokic after seeing Westbrook hit a triple of the corner unanswered to give Denver a two -point protagonist at the end of the regulation of the regulation and then knock down the last partner of the partner of James Mate Mate Mate James, James’s partner. Mate mate mate mate mate mate mate mate mate mate mate mate mate mate mate James James, wins on the Los Angeles clippers.
The Denver Nuggets Guard, Russell Westbrook (4) reacts after his defensive rotation in extra time against the Los Angeles clippers in Ball Arena. (Ron Chenoy images)
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“Russ is Russ,” said interim coach David Adelman after improving 4-0. “Defensively, it is absolutely incredible. I was playing free security. I thought that many of the reasons why ball losses occurred, even if it was forcing it, (it was) the road was wandering and impacting the game.
“And then offensively … he attacked,” said Adelman. “Maybe we could have taken it and executed. But that is what Russ does. I don’t think it will change after 17 years. If you see someone in front of him 1 to 1, he will attack.
Jokic scored 29 points and finished a double double. Aaron Gordon added 25 points and Jamal Murray 21 when the Nuggets exceeded a 15 -point deficit in the first half for power adapts to the most popular team that enters the playoffs.
The loss of clippers No. 5 was the first since March 30 in Cleveland. They arrived at the playoffs after winning 18 or 21, including their last eight.
Russell Westbrook #4 of the Denver Nuggets celebrates the door of the game against the duration of the clippers in the first round of the NBA playoffs of 2025 on April 19, 2025 in Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. (Garrett Ellwood/NBAE through Getty Images)
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Game 2 is Monday night in Denver, who made the shocking movement to fire Michael Malone less than two years after winning a title, and a week before the playoffs.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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