The New Orleans Pelicans entered this week with a chance to put the playoff hopes of the Oklahoma City Thunder on life support.
The Thunder had lost four of their past six and were missing forward Kevin Durant -- out with a sprained left big toe -- for the fourth time in five games.
All Westbrook did against a hot Pelicans team was tie a career high with 45 points in leading the Thunder to a 102-91 win.
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Already two games up on the Thunder in the standing with a 2-0 lead in the season series, the Pelicans could have won the final two games of the year against Oklahoma City on Wednesday and Friday and pushed them four games behind the ninth place team in the conference, something that would be difficult to come back from. Unfortunately Russell Westbrook had other plans and the Pelicans suddenly enter Friday night’s game between the two teams looking to at least clinch the season series and stay ahead of the Thunder in the current playoff standings.
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On Wednesday no Pelicans player really played well. Anthony Davis led the team with 23 point and eight rebounds but he shot just 9-21 from the field. Only three Pelicans (Alexis Ajinca, Quincy Pondexter and Dante Cunningham) shot over 50 percent from the field and none of those three players took more than eight shots. It was just a rough shooting game for New Orleans and the team did nothing to combat it.
The Thunder meanwhile were carried by their superstar. Westbrook went full Bestbrook and just destroyed the Pelican defense with a 45 point, six rebound, six assist effort that left New Orleans looking hopeless. Former Pelican wing Anthony Morrow pitched in 14 points on 6-11 shooting and Serge Ibaka added 13 points and six rebounds to bolster Westbrook’s explosion and help OKC to the 102-91 win.
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