Patrick Beverley and Russell Westbrook had a little exchange during Game 5 of their playoff series on Tuesday night, and the two were kind enough to share details about their conversation afterwards, complete with some trash talk on both ends.
First off, let’s take a look at what started it all when the two got into it at with around seven minutes left in the game:
Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverley going at it! #NBAPlayoffs
— NBA SKITS (@NBA_Skits) April 26, 2017
So what was said during that exchange? Houston’s Beverley gave his side:
Patrick Beverley: "[Russ] looked up and said, 'No one can guard me, I got 40 points.' I'm like, that's nice, you took 34 shots to get it." pic.twitter.com/htl10439gl
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) April 26, 2017
And then Westbrook gave his:
Russell Westbrook shoots back at Pat Beverley: "He was talking about he's first team All-Defense…maybe he was dreaming or some s–t" pic.twitter.com/4JwT6eJk0d
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) April 26, 2017
Westbrook finished with 47 points on a very respectable 44 percent shooting in the game, which is higher than what Houston shot for the contest. The Rockets won the series by holding Westbrook to poor percentages in three of the games, but this was not one of them.
