Russell Westbrook Triple Double Is Second Fastest In NBA History! Unlike Lebron, Durant Doesn’t Stay In Blowouts To Pad His Stats!

All the diplomacy in the world could not mask the animosity between the OKC Thunder and the Miami Heat as Russell Westbrook returns and shows what he's got-lots of dimes!

Russell Westbrook registered the second fastest triple double in NBA history, taking 21 minutes. It should be noted that he completed the assists first. The Daily Thunder asked if this was a deliberate attempt: "I just play off my instincts, man. I never come in trying to shoot first, pass first, rebound first. Just come in, play off instincts. Some guys help, I hit 'em. If they don't, I keep going."

It's crazy, man. I'm just trying to get my groove back. Blessed to be able to do that in such a short amount of time."

Speaking of time, one guy spent the 4th quarter on the bench. That's Kevin Durant, beneficiary of many Westbrook dimes.

Kevin Durant had a 21 point third quarter, catching the "groove" that allegedly prompted Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra to keep Lebron in the game and score a career high 61 points. But Brooks called it a day for KD. From the Daily Thunder, Brooks sidesteps as much as he can, but it's still a direct hit for the Heat: "I follow the league, I watch a lot of games, I saw [LeBron's] game. It was a phenomenal game. I don't judge other teams what they do. Kevin had a special game. There's no question. He had 42 points. If he would've made his free throws he would've had a chance for 50. It's his fault. I would've ran one more play for him to get 50 if he would've made his six free throws.

But I don't do that(playing his starters in blowouts). Not that I'm complaining. We had a 22-point lead. And I thought the game was comfortable in our favor."

KD speaks his mind, too. "We trust our bench. We trust those guys. Scotty is one of those guys, if they've got the game, there's no need for us to put the starters back in. And I've been on board with that for three years now. I've sat out, starters sat out at least 20 fourth quarters last year. You know, it really doesn't matter, man. We just play to win. That's all we say. We play to win. We had a nice lead going into the fourth and we trust, Reggie, Lamb, CB now, Fish, Nick to keep the lead. If they would've went on a nice little run, I'm sure coach would've put us back in. But I think we had the game."

Lebron just walks around with a bulls-eye on his jersey! The red and black seem very appropriate for Miami these days. Until they relinquish the championship, that's the way it has to be! 

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