WATCH: “Jokic couldn’t believe it” – Russell Westbrook shoots over the backboard for terrible miss leaving fans in splits
Russell Westbrook and the Los Angeles Clippers are trying to get back to their mid season form as the season closes.
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Basketball fans left in splits watching Los Angeles Clippers star Russell Westbrook take a terrible shot attempt against Denver Nuggets (image via Clippernation/X)
Russell Westbrook has had his fair share of highlight-reel plays throughout his illustrious career. He also has some plays that are not worth remembering. One such play happened to develop from the Los Angeles Clippers superstar’s hands in the recent game against the Denver Nuggets. A terrible shot attempt has left basketball fans in splits.
With the Denver Nuggets having a commanding lead in the 1st quarter, Russell Westbrook had the ball in his hands with 4 minutes left. He slowly dribbled his way into the paint and launched for a fadeaway shot. Only for the ball to go up so high as to land on top of the backboard and come back down. This resulted in an out-of-bounds play and the possession was handed to the Nuggets.
The terrible shot attempt allowed the Nuggets to continue their domination of the 1st quarter. However, the former league MVP came good later on as he helped the Los Angeles Clippers rally from behind in the 2nd quarter and bring the game level.
The Nuggets tried to close in on the lead the Clippers had. But their chances of a win were thwarted by the brilliant defensive play of PJ Tucker on Nikola Jokic‘s game-winning attempt. Russell Westbrook provided the much-needed spark from the bench despite having this terrible play.
Russell Westbrook’s miss has basketball fans in splits
That terrible play would make the top 4 on Shaqtin a Fool. Basketball fans could not help themselves as they watched this terrible shot from Westbrook when the Clippers needed all the baskets they could get. He might be rusty, but that is no excuse for the ball going over the backboard.
Hence as soon as the play happened, fans jumped onto social media to troll the former triple-double king. Check out some of their reactions below:
Russell Westbrook will certainly hope this attempt does not stay in fans’ memory. After all, he is trying to win a championship with the Los Angeles Clippers and wants to help them in every way he can. As a matter of fact, even trying to take a shot in the most absurd manner.
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