Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook told reporters after his team’s practice today, “I feel great,” putting to rest any fears of problems after banging knees with Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry Friday night.
“I actually felt great after the game, but we had to make sure that everything was good.”
Read MoreThe Thunder are expected to have their All-Star point guard back in the starting lineup tonight when they take on the Raptors in Toronto.
Thunder head coach Scott Brooks said yesterday that Russell Westbrook would play tonight after sitting out last night's game in Cleveland.
Read MoreWe had all seen the movie before, you know the one about the hometown basketball team cruising along with a big lead and then blowing it at the end.
In fact we've not only seen it, we've seen it repeated a couple of times and it looked like we were going to see it again last night in Cleveland.
Read MoreThunder head coach Scott Brooks is once again keeping his plans about whether point guard Russell Westbrook will play tonight or sit on the bench a secret until just before game time.
Yesterday after the Thunder practiced in Chicago, Brooks would say only that Westbrook would indeed sit out one of the games of this latest back-to-back set, either tonight's game in Cleveland or tomorrow night's in Toronto.
Read Morehe Thunder's on again-off again defense was on again last night in Chicago, holding the Bulls to just 34.5 percent shooting. That's one of OKC's top defensive performances of the season and it follows hard on the heels of one of the team's worst defensive efforts.
Sunday against the Mavericks the Thunder couldn't keep Dallas from hitting at least half the shots they put up in any quarter. Then last night, just 24 hours later, the Thunder didn't allow the Bulls to make even 40 percent of their shots in any quarter.
Read MoreThe Thunder have played with starters out before and played well but three starters on the bench? A superstar and their two best defenders? That was just too much.
The Thunder decided to rest point guard Russell Westbrook, part of his recovery plan from that third knee surgery. Thabo Sefolosha and Kendrick Perkins are also out with injuries.
Read MoreJust moments ago Thunder head coach Scott Brooks told reporters that All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook will sit out tonight’s game against the Dallas Mavericks.
"Reggie (Jackson) will start tonight and Russell will start tomorrow night," Brooks said.
Read MoreWill he? Or won't he? Whether Thunder All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook plays tonight against Dallas or tomorrow night in Chicago against the Bulls is the question of the day.
Yesterday Thunder head coach Scott Brooks told reporters, "there's going to be some back-to-backs he's not going to play."
Read MoreThe Thunder's closing schedule is heavy with back-to-back sets, six of them over the last month of the season, and today Thunder head coach Scott Brooks said once again that point guard Russell Westbrook would not play in both games of "some" of those sets.
"We have a plan in place" as to which games Westbrook will sit but Brooks wouldn't reveal it today after practice, "I'll let you know at the appropriate time."
Read More10 seconds into the game the Lakers and Jodie Meeks probably started thinking, 'uh-oh' we're in for a different kind of game.
Just last Sunday Meeks scored a career high 42 points and the Lakers beat OKC 114-110. Thursday night, Thunder head coach Scott Brooks switched things up a bit going with rookie Andre Roberson instead of Perry Jones in the starting lineup.
Read MoreAfter sticking with second year man Perry Jones III for seven games in the absence of injured shooting guard Thabo Sefolosha Thunder head coach Scott Brooks is changing things up tonight going with rookie Andre Roberson.
Read MoreThe Thunder have thought long and hard lately about not only what happened to them in Los Angeles on Sunday but about what had been happening on the defensive end of their game since the All-Star break.
Some big steps have been taken in practice this week to correct things and it showed in Tuesday's win over the Houston Rockets. Now it's time for another step in the right direction.
Read MoreA second chance can be a wonderful thing and the Thunder get one tonight against the visiting Los Angeles Lakers.
Thunder forward Serge Ibaka could barely contain his excitement talking to reporters about the rematch yesterday.
Read MoreWelcome back Thunder defense. It's been too long.
You could almost feel the relief inside the INTEGRIS Thunder Development Center today when reporters were allowed in toward the end of the Thunder's practice session.
A win can do that for you. Especially one over a quality opponent and a team that all of a sudden was breathing down your neck in the Western Conference standings
Read MoreAll we were missing Tuesday night was Michael Buffer asking 'Are you ready to RRRRRRUMBLE!!
In a basketball game suitable for the Octagon in an MMA bout the Thunder and Russell "The Kid" Westbrook took down the Rockets and Patrick "Bad Boy" Beverley, 106-98.
Read MoreAfter two terrible defensive performances on the road the Thunder came back home to their longest practice session of the season, just shy of three hours.
"We had 45 minutes, maybe an hour on the court and then we went into the film room which was good I think we needed 'em both today," said Thunder head coach Scott Brooks after the session.
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