2012 London Olympics gold-medallist and former LA Lakers celebrity Russel Westbrook marked a incredible debut for LA Clippers towards Sacramento Kings on Friday. Within the thrilling match which noticed over occasions twice, Sacramento Kings prevailed over their opponent by 176-175.
With 14 assists, Westbrook’s numbers had been the best within the match. He scored his first bucket for his new group on the halfway level within the sport. As the primary quarter led to a tie with each groups securing 40 factors every, the 34-year-old scored 4 of these factors.
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Watch the video of his first bucket for LA Clippers right here:
Westbrook’s match figures included 17 factors in whole, with 5 rebounds and 14 assists. Throughout his 39-minute play, he proved to be a menace for the opponent group. Head coach Ty Lue was impressed by Westbrook’s debut and mentioned “I believed he was nice. Nonetheless studying the offense, nonetheless studying the place guys need the basketball.”
The overall factors scored by each groups within the match stood at 351 factors which is the second highest within the league’s historical past. It’s subsequent solely to 370 factors scored within the match between the Denver Nuggets and the Detroit Pistons in 1983.
Until the third quarter, LA clippers had been main over Sacramento Kings by seven factors however the Kings recovered the deficit within the fourth quarter. Kings scored 43 factors whereas Clippers might handle 36 factors within the fourth quarter as the overall was tied at 153 factors every. Within the first time beyond regulation, each groups scored 11 factors every. However Kings scored 12 factors within the second time beyond regulation which was yet one more than the Clippers and thus gained the match.