For the primary time since their breakup with the OKC Thunder, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant will face one another within the NBA playoffs. The LA Clippers will play the Phoenix Suns in a best-of-seven first-round sequence starting on Sunday. It has been seven years since each gamers went their separate methods, and the league is inquisitive about how their matchup will end up.
When Durant determined to depart Westbrook and the OKC Thunder, their relationship wasn’t precisely the perfect. At any time when the 2 superstars confronted one another, they by some means discovered themselves getting overly aggressive with each other. Contemplating that KD and Russ will this time meet within the playoffs, everyone seems to be assuming {that a} heated battle is ready to occur.
Nevertheless, Westbrook denied everybody’s ideas about their upcoming matchup:
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“There is no beef. I acquired nothing however respect for him and issues he is finished. There is no beef in any respect.”
Can Russell Westbrook beat Kevin Durant within the first spherical?
Ever since becoming a member of the LA Clippers, Russell Westbrook has been capable of play on his personal phrases once more. He even confirmed shades of his MVP degree of play on March 29 towards the Memphis Grizzlies when Russ carried the Clippers to victory with out Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. Nevertheless, enjoying on the identical degree within the playoffs is a very completely different story.
When the LA Clippers play the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, LA appears to be at an obstacle. George remains to be sidelined and can possible miss the primary spherical of the playoffs. With that in thoughts, it will be Leonard and Russell Westbrook going up towards Kevin Durant and the Suns’ superteam.
On paper, it seems that Phoenix will win the sequence. Nevertheless, the Suns have a historical past of choking in essential moments of the postseason. Durant is probably the most level-headed participant they’ve on the roster.
Contemplating the opportunity of Phoenix flopping a couple of video games, Leonard and Westbrook nonetheless have give you an upset within the sequence.