The “Cotton Shot”. Russell Westbrook and his father worked on it thousands and thousands of times at their neighborhood park in Los Angeles. He has perfected it and insisted on using it since he came into the NBA, and that pull-up jumper from the elbow has become Westbrook’s signature shot.
It’s not the most efficient shot in the game for most players according to the data, but Westbrook does things that can break the analytics. Tonight, against the defending NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers, Westbrook did just, in a 118-109 Thunder victory.
Coming out of a timeout with 5:10 remaining in the fourth quarter, Westbrook knocked down three straight jumpers from that crucial left elbow position on the floor.