Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook made NBA history against the Nets.
The Denver Nuggets picked up their second win of the NBA season on Tuesday night, defeating the Brooklyn Nets in overtime. Denver trailed by as many as 17 points in this game, but completed the comeback to defeat Brooklyn 144-139.
Veteran point guard Russell Westbrook had his best performance of the season in this game, scoring 22 points and dishing out five assists in just 21 minutes of play. The nine-time NBA All-Star made all 10 of his free throw attempts and both of his three-point attempts., this was Westbrook’s 739th career game with at least 20 points , which ties NBA legend Charles Barkley for 27th all-time.
Westbrook is climbing this list despite having just 127 career games off the bench. For reference, Westbrook’s 16 career games of at least 20 points and five assists off the bench are tied with NBA legend Dan Majerle who made 501 career appearances as a reserve.In his 17th NBA season, Westbrook showed on Tuesday he is still capable of making a strong impact with his scoring, playmaking, and defense.
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