you are told by the media Russell Westbrook played badly in Game 5 vs Portland, they shove stats in your face but don’t show the film, here’s a breakdown of all his offensive plays from that game:

(statline was 29/11/14 on 11/31FG, 4/11 3PT, 3/3FT’s)

Russell Westbrook gets the steal over the taller man which leads to a wide open 3 for Paul George

this play was made for Paul George, as he can’t get open Westbrook improvises and shoots himself but misses

this is why you want Westbrook to get the rebound, he immediately finds Adams for the and-one

Westbrook runs the pick and roll perfectly, finds PG who gets another easy two from Russ’ playmaking

Russ tells Jerami Grant what to do, he finds Grant in the pick and roll for another easy two. Playmaking 101

Russ sees the paint is clogged and finds Adams deep in it who rotates on the weaker Leonard and puts it in

Russ tries to get open, as soon as he sees that there is no room he finds his open teammate for another 2

after CJ scores and takes a bump, Westbrook gets PG the switch on him who just shoots over the top of him with ease

cotton shot

AND ONE RUSS

Noel misses and Russ bullies the bigger man to get the rebound

Russ knocked this shot down last time, feeling hot he takes it again but misses

Russ gets the switch and finds Grant for a wide open 3 after abusing Lillard in the pick and roll once again

Russ for 3

Russ misses the 3, but what choice did he have but to shoot the 3? Poor spacing left him with a 3 whilst the clock was running down.

Russ with the pull-up 3, probably not ideal with the clock running down but he was feeling it

Russ should’ve made that, but was it a foul? Laughable that Russ only got 3 free throw attempts this game. Abysmal officiating.

Russ hit a bit of a wall at this point missing 4/5 shots.

CONTEXT: Paul George was on the bench with 3 fouls, had he been in the game Russ wouldn’t have had to take on the load of scoring.

Russ back on track with the midrange

again another shot where he had absolutely no choice

the stats tell you 11/31, but when you watch the games you see twice in one quarter he got handed a grenade with an opponent tight on him

Adams could probably tip in Russ’ pass, instead he takes his time and gets it in anyway

Russ gets wide open off the screen from Adams, down 3 this isn’t a bad shot to take.

Russ tries to get Adams on Lillard, Lillard reads the play correctly so Russ bullies CJ instead

Russ takes it to the basket but what other option did he have after that awful pass from PG?

Russ hits PG for another assist. It’s so easy to score when you’ve got a point guard with vision like this to get you wide open looks

Russ bullies yet again for the easy 2.

look at how clogged the paint is, no wonder he misses, Russ could make the pass to Grant but it’s a hard read knowing whether or not the defender helps

Russ misses another 3. It’s a good job he didn’t lose confidence because he started to knock some down.

Russ forces an awful shot, goes and gets the rebound, gets down the court, gets his teammate an open 3

what a fucking player man

Russ hits another three. Celebrates with reference to his hand straps

OH HE’S STRONG

imagine grinding for 45 minutes for your center to throw up some shit like this man

he was so hot, the reason OKC was leading anyway

finally misses a 3 but he was hot, why not

WHERE IS THE FUCKING FOUL REFS

this is why you want Westbrook to grab the rebound

good play from Russ, great finish from Grant

good move from Russ, just can’t knock down the shot

BIG THREE RUSSELL. confidence

this is one play I didn’t like from Russ in the 4th, he just missed this shot, he shouldn’t have taken this

THEY CALLED A CHARGE ON THIS SHIT honestly the officials deserved suspending after this game. OKC should’ve been 115-107 up after this.

I’m not sure why Grant doesn’t finish over CJ here, he literally did the same over a bigger player a few plays back, it leads to a 2 for Portland

Russ gets PG the switch and PG knocks the play down.

Russ doesn’t get the roll but who cares if it goes in? We all know what happens next lol

as you can see Russ played an amazing game, his playmaking was outrageous, most of his shots missed were grenades or came when PG was sitting in foul trouble

this thread took a long time, any RTs appreciated