All eyes were on Russell Westbrook at season start. How would Russ respond to the departure (or defection, if you will) by Kevin Durant. Analysts and scribes predicted massive stat lines, a possible playoff position and a late season worn out Westbrook. Let’s be honest, few expected the Thunder to be entering the final 4 games still with an opportunity to capture a home court seed.
Yes, everyone expected Westbrook to unleash an assault on the Association unlike anything previously witnessed. Most assumed Westbrook would produce obese stat lines. Yet for the most part none truly believed Russell Westbrook would reach the apex.