HOUSTON — With his feet soaking in a red bucket and airpods in his ears, Russell Westbrook stood up in front of his locker and threw his hands up. Thunder sideline reporter Nick Gallo had just walked into the Rockets locker room. The greeting was an odd combination of familiar and foreign. Westbrook’s pregame routine in Oklahoma City had been carefully calculated.
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