After a rocky start, the OKC Thunder were finally starting to hit a grove. Then, as it seemingly does every year, the injury bug hit and Russell Westbrook went down with an ankle sprain.
The good news is that it’s only an ankle sprain and OKC finally has a worthy backup point guard. The bad news is that the Western Conference playoff race is a dogfight right now and losing Westbrook for any amount of time could be the difference between a three-seed and ending up out of the playoff picture entirely.
Having Dennis Schröder to fill in for Russ is great, but that still leaves an enormous hole.