Russell Westbrook passes Patrick Ewing in all-time scoring list
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StatMuse @statmuse
Active players on the top 25 all-time scoring list:
— LeBron
— KD
— Harden
And now, Russell Westbrook. pic.twitter.com/7zoHpXMBGv – 12:48 AM
Active players on the top 25 all-time scoring list:
— LeBron
— KD
— Harden
And now, Russell Westbrook. pic.twitter.com/7zoHpXMBGv – 12:48 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Possessions in between timeouts:
– Miss Robinson 3
– Miss Westbrook layup
– Miss Theis 3 (badly)
– Love putback after 2 missed Heat 3s
T Lue timeout. This lineup has expired. LA still leads 106-94 with 7:27 left – 12:35 AM
Possessions in between timeouts:
– Miss Robinson 3
– Miss Westbrook layup
– Miss Theis 3 (badly)
– Love putback after 2 missed Heat 3s
T Lue timeout. This lineup has expired. LA still leads 106-94 with 7:27 left – 12:35 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Russell Westbrook after timeout:
– Steals Lowry entry pass intended for Love post
– Puts back own miss
– Steals Lowry entry pass intended for Love post again – 12:18 AM
Russell Westbrook after timeout:
– Steals Lowry entry pass intended for Love post
– Puts back own miss
– Steals Lowry entry pass intended for Love post again – 12:18 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Danger time for Clippers: Harden/Westbrook/Powell/George/Theis lineup – 12:06 AM
Danger time for Clippers: Harden/Westbrook/Powell/George/Theis lineup – 12:06 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Typical Heat-Clippers game. Heat take large lead, Clippers cancel it
LA leads Heat 59-58 at halftime. Norm took the 1st quarter personal, outscored Heat bench 11-4 in 2nd quarter by himself. His shooting has been major 🔑. It’s also kept Mann (6 min), Westbrook (7 min) on bench – 11:38 PM
Typical Heat-Clippers game. Heat take large lead, Clippers cancel it
LA leads Heat 59-58 at halftime. Norm took the 1st quarter personal, outscored Heat bench 11-4 in 2nd quarter by himself. His shooting has been major 🔑. It’s also kept Mann (6 min), Westbrook (7 min) on bench – 11:38 PM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Russell Westbrook just isolated on Kevin Love, made the jumper and leapt in the air to celebrate while smiling at his former UCLA teammate. – 10:54 PM
Russell Westbrook just isolated on Kevin Love, made the jumper and leapt in the air to celebrate while smiling at his former UCLA teammate. – 10:54 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Lu Dort bringing in the New Year by going full Russell Westbrook on a dunk attempt.
Most furious dunk attempt I’ve ever seen from Lu… but he bricked it… and followed it up by splashing a 3 instead.
OKC bench (and Loud City) loved it. – 9:20 PM
Lu Dort bringing in the New Year by going full Russell Westbrook on a dunk attempt.
Most furious dunk attempt I’ve ever seen from Lu… but he bricked it… and followed it up by splashing a 3 instead.
OKC bench (and Loud City) loved it. – 9:20 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Asked T Lue about the success of Russell Westbrook’s December, where Russ had his highest FG% (53.8%) in a full month since he was with the Rockets.
T Lue praised Russ for attacking early, taking what defense gives him, cutting out early clock shots, being “ultimate sacrifice” pic.twitter.com/uOSoHKjgxr – 2:46 PM
Asked T Lue about the success of Russell Westbrook’s December, where Russ had his highest FG% (53.8%) in a full month since he was with the Rockets.
T Lue praised Russ for attacking early, taking what defense gives him, cutting out early clock shots, being “ultimate sacrifice” pic.twitter.com/uOSoHKjgxr – 2:46 PM
Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Hey Clippers fans: Russell Westbrook ok among the big crowd tonight at Pauley. pic.twitter.com/SUgwol6uFO – 9:45 PM
Hey Clippers fans: Russell Westbrook ok among the big crowd tonight at Pauley. pic.twitter.com/SUgwol6uFO – 9:45 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Active players with multiple 20p/20a:
— Westbrook
— Hali
Haliburton did it in back-to-back games. pic.twitter.com/AJ8mbFmbQ2 – 9:26 PM
Active players with multiple 20p/20a:
— Westbrook
— Hali
Haliburton did it in back-to-back games. pic.twitter.com/AJ8mbFmbQ2 – 9:26 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Russell Westbrook: 53.8% field goals (104 attempts) in December
Min. 100 attempts, it’s 2nd-highest FG% for a month in Russ’ career (Feb. 2020 Rockets: 54.9%, 8 games, 204 att.)
And first month, min. 10 games, that Russ made more than 50% FGs since Jan. 2020 Rockets (52.2%) – 6:17 PM
Russell Westbrook: 53.8% field goals (104 attempts) in December
Min. 100 attempts, it’s 2nd-highest FG% for a month in Russ’ career (Feb. 2020 Rockets: 54.9%, 8 games, 204 att.)
And first month, min. 10 games, that Russ made more than 50% FGs since Jan. 2020 Rockets (52.2%) – 6:17 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Knicks lottery picks that made it to the end of their 5th season with the team:
– Patrick Ewing (1985)
– Kenny Walker (1986)
And that’s it. RJ Barrett trade means that last 9 Knicks lottery rookies (from Mike Sweetney to Obi Toppin) were gone by the end of Year 5 – 1:14 PM
Knicks lottery picks that made it to the end of their 5th season with the team:
– Patrick Ewing (1985)
– Kenny Walker (1986)
And that’s it. RJ Barrett trade means that last 9 Knicks lottery rookies (from Mike Sweetney to Obi Toppin) were gone by the end of Year 5 – 1:14 PM
Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Remarkably, Julius Randle has scored 20+ points and shot 45% or better from the floor in each of the Knicks’ past 16 games.
Per @bball_ref, that’s tied for the longest such streak in franchise history – joining Patrick Ewing, who accomplished the feat in Jan.-Feb. of 1994. – 9:52 AM
Remarkably, Julius Randle has scored 20+ points and shot 45% or better from the floor in each of the Knicks’ past 16 games.
Per @bball_ref, that’s tied for the longest such streak in franchise history – joining Patrick Ewing, who accomplished the feat in Jan.-Feb. of 1994. – 9:52 AM
More on this storyline
On why Patrick Ewing is unappreciated among the greatest big men of all time… Earl Monroe: I think people really appreciated him especially here in New York, obviously I’m thinking about the people here and seeing what he had done throughout his career. I can remember when they were pulling the ping-pong balls out of the machine to get the number #1 pick and then they ‘claimed’ that Dave DeBusschere had a card or something stuck so he could get the number #1 pick [laughing]… But Patrick was a real WARRIOR and he was a warrior throughout his career and he standards here, you know? Those teams that he was on defensively were great teams with the Pat Riley led teams and things of that nature and they almost did it. Twice. And unfortunately, they didn’t go all the way but they were in the mix every year. -via YouTube / December 29, 2023
“Anyone is excited to go to New York even to visit,” Wembanyama said. “To play an NBA game there is even more special.” Wembanyama does not harbor many specific memories of watching games at the Garden on television as a kid. New York has not been relevant as a championship contender for much of Wembanyama’s young life. The internet has been helpful in getting him up to speed on some of chapters of Knicks lore. “I remember watching Patrick Ewing and John Starks,” Wembanyama said. “On YouTube.” -via San Antonio Express-News / November 8, 2023
It’s been nearly five years since Utah Jazz fan Shane Keisel and then-Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook exchanged insults during a game at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, but the litigation from the incident lives on. On Friday, the Utah Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s granting of summary judgment for Westbrook and the Jazz, which Keisel and his girlfriend (now wife), Jennifer Huff, sued for defamation, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress and related claims. -via Sportico / December 31, 2023
Writing for a three-judge panel, Judge Ryan Tenney said Westbrook and the Jazz suggesting Keisel made a racist remark is not grounds for defamation. Asserting that someone made a racist remark is an opinion, and opinions are protected speech. “One of the elements of a defamation claim is that the statement at issue must be false,” Tenney wrote. “By extension, a statement can only be actionable as defamation if it is capable of being proven to be true or false.” A statement of opinion can’t be proven right or wrong. -via Sportico / December 31, 2023
Keisel lost his job from a car dealership after it received threatening phone calls on account of employing Keisel. Huff lost work as a house cleaner and furniture refinisher. But the couple’s lawsuit failed to persuade multiple judges. As the district court wrote, “whether a person is racist or whether a statement is racial is a matter of opinion which cannot be verified as true or false.” -via Sportico / December 31, 2023