“I always wanted to do this,” Russell Westbrook said, pausing to draw out the suspense. “Can we get a big, big eight clap?”
The crowd, already on its feet, obliged immediately. “UCLA, UCLA, Fight, Fight, Fight!
It was Russell Westbrook Night at Pauley Pavilion on Thursday when the UCLA men’s basketball team took on the University of Arizona, and as Bruins Head Coach Steve Alford said, “It couldn’t have been a better scripted night for us.” Alford’s son Bryce hit a game-winning three pointer with a second and change remaining to give UCLA the win over the number seven ranked Wildcats, and immediately as he turned around, Westbrook was standing two feet away, flexing his muscles, with lungs at full roar to cheer on his alma mater.