Russell Westbrook can play for 15 minutes and still be more productive than Derrick Rose in an entire game. As hyperbolic as that sounds, Westbrook proved it on Wednesday.
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The PG -- along with Charlie Villanueva -- was ejected in the second quarter of the Thunder’s 108-89 victory over the Mavericks. Westbrook took exception to a foul committed by Mavs guard J.J. Barea.
It all went downhill from there.
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Full tussle includes Charlie Villanueva grabbing Westbrook's throat, looked like Ibaka's too pic.twitter.com/amsVZqTuHU
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 14, 2016
Westbrook wasn't interested in addressing the confrontation following the game.
Here's Russell Westbrook's entire postgame Q&A session: pic.twitter.com/cLKisQDjdT
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) January 14, 2016
Ejection aside, the most impressive part of all this was Westbrook’s ability to impact the game in a mere 15 minutes.
Russell Westbrook was ejected 15 minutes into game after 2 technical fouls. He still put up 8 Ast, 7 Reb (0 Pts). pic.twitter.com/f8P8oT7Y58
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 14, 2016
Russell Westbrook is the 1st player since Greg Anthony (1993) to have 8 or more assists with 0 points. @anthonyVslater @royceyoung
— Rahul (@srahul_35) January 14, 2016
The Thunder were plus-19 in that stretch, further solidifying his place in NBA Real Plus-Minus. Westbrook leads the league in that category (plus-10.48). Rose is 426th out of 429 (minus-5.51).
It’s a good thing for him that Norris Cole (minus-5.76), Jahlil Okafor (minus-5.85) and Emmanuel Mudiay (minus-5.98) are still in the league.
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