{"id":439387,"date":"2023-11-02T06:05:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T06:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=439387"},"modified":"2023-11-02T06:05:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T06:05:21","slug":"is-there-a-beef-brewing-between-russell-westbrook-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/is-there-a-beef-brewing-between-russell-westbrook-lebron-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There A Beef Brewing Between Russell Westbrook &#038; LeBron James?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After all, Westbrook ended up with the Los Angeles Clippers, where he has had a virtual career makeover. What has been the secret to Westbrook&#8217;s success in his ascent through the Clippers?<\/p>\n<h2>Is There A Beef Brewing Between Russell Westbrook &amp; LeBron James?<\/h2>\n<p>Westbrook declared to the reporters, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been a point guard since I&#8217;ve been in this league, and I always will be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say I\u2019m pretty good at that position\u2026 I\u2019m grateful that Paul [George] and Kawhi [Leonard] allow me to play my position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following his shot was blocked by former teammate LeBron James during the third quarter of their Wednesday &#8220;Battle of Los Angeles,&#8221; fans flocked to Russell Westbrook on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LAKERS FINALLY BEAT THE CLIPPERS !! \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lakeshow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lakeshow<\/a>\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Dlo \u2014 27pts (10-19 FG) | 6ast<\/p>\n<p>AD \u2014 27pts | 10reb | 3ast <\/p>\n<p>LeBron \u2014 35pts | 11reb | 7ast <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xrchSAe6Iz\">pic.twitter.com\/xrchSAe6Iz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LakeShowYo\/status\/1719945073448927315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Lakers had a 2-2 record and the Clippers had a 3-1 record going into the game, which marked the first meeting between the Los Angeles clubs of the season.<\/p>\n<p>This season, LeBron James has consistently averaged 22 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 6.5 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Westbrook, on the other hand, has been averaging 13.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 6.8 assists. Westbrook spent two seasons with the Lakers before joining the Clippers, the opposing team across town.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What. A. Game. \ud83c\udf7f<\/p>\n<p>LeBron: 35 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST<br \/>Paul George: 35 PTS, 6 REB<br \/>Kawhi: 38 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST<\/p>\n<p>Lakers outlast the Clippers in an OT THRILLER \ud83c\udfac <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ngoaJnZ9cW\">pic.twitter.com\/ngoaJnZ9cW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1719947568329654683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the score was knotted at 85 points apiece at the end of the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>When Westbrook was part of the team LeBron James naturally took on a lot of ballhandling duties since he is perhaps the smartest playmaker of his time. He was left jacking up poor shots in the corner as a result.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russell Westbrook on why he\u2019s happier with the Clippers than he was on the Lakers:<\/p>\n<p>Russ: \u201cLong list. But we don\u2019t got enough time for that today\u2026 I\u2019m very grateful for an opportunity and a team that wanted me during a tough time\u2026\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gJLFcdbvwI\">pic.twitter.com\/gJLFcdbvwI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joey Linn (@joeylinn_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joeylinn_\/status\/1719606591304212889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>James&#8217;, Anthony Davis&#8217;, and Westbrook&#8217;s styles, along with the Lakers&#8217; overall methodology, just didn&#8217;t work together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The King&#8221; welcomed Bones Hyland, Ivica Zubac, Paul George, and Kawhi Leonard after the game. On one side of the floor, Westbrook was trapped beneath the hoop and peered at his former colleagues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Lakers defeat the Clippers for the 1st time in 12 games. \ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uVxm9NE796\">pic.twitter.com\/uVxm9NE796<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHoopCentral\/status\/1719944866044715159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It should be mentioned that Russell Westbrook and LeBron James were separated by at least 47 feet. 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Westbrook declared to the reporters, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been a point guard since I&#8217;ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":394678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[17838,18416,4021,2215,18415],"class_list":["post-439387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-lakers-lebron-james","tag-lakers-nba-news","tag-lebron-james-news","tag-nba-news","tag-russell-westbrook-lebron-james"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}