When Jaylin Williams fouled Nikola Jokic, Westbrook ran to his defense, which always drew boos from the Thunder crowd. When the series wraps up, regardless of the result, it's back to love between the two sides.

Westbrook is a race car. But at this stage of his career, he needs guard rails. Interim boss David Adelman gives him freedom, but has not been afraid to pull him if he gets loose with the ball.

There’s numerous factors that contributed to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Game 1 collapse, and subsequent Denver Nuggets comeback. The now-infamous fouling up th