Russell Westbrook Injured His Knee On This Silly Play Against The Rockets
The injury happened in the second quarter of Wednesday night's Thunder-Rockets game when he collided with guard Patrick Beverly, Adrian Wojnarowski reports.
Westbrook was jogging to his own bench in preparation for calling a timeout — something NBA players do every night.
But Beverly didn't stop playing before the timeout was called. He ran in and tried to steal the ball from Westbrook, accidentally banging into him in the process.
It wasn't a dirty play. It was an overzealous play by a young player. Still, Wojnarowski is reporting that Westbrook is "irate" with Beverly.
Again, we don't know if this is the play that caused the injury. But all signs points to it.
He was angry and limping afterward (via Buzzfeed):
It's bad enough that Westbrook got hurt. But the fact that he apparently got hurt on a non-basketball play makes it even worse.
Here's the full video: