Russell Westbrook is always looking for something — real or imagined — to use as motivational fuel.
He found something real Saturday in Joel Embiid.
With 1:46 left in a close game on national television, Westbrook was off to the races in transition with just Embiid back and the result was a hard foul.
Westbrook was pissed after the game thinking this was not just a hard foul (warning, NSFW language):
Russell Westbrook on the foul from Joel Embiid, and then asked if they are “cool.” (Warning: language): pic.twitter.com/7i0ahyEFTH
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) January 20, 2019
Embiid essentially shrugged.
Joel Embiid on Russell Westbrook: “I don’t know why he was mad ... but he’s always in his feelings.”
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) January 20, 2019
The actual foul was hard but a bit of a fluke. Embiid went up to block the layup/dunk but Westbrook lost his dribble for a second, and the result was an airborne Embiid crashing into Westbrook. Hard. Was there a little bit extra in there? Depends on if you’re on Team Westbrook or Team Embiid.
But the NBA could use more feuds, so bring it on.
The Thunder went on to beat the 76ers on a Paul George game-winner.
