Month: October 2018

Oct 25, 2018 This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s Oct. 29 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today! It’s a Tuesday in late June, and all over Oklahoma City, email inboxes are about to catch fire. When the subject line “Russell Westbrook‘s Summer Hype House Party” hits the accounts of Thunder season-ticket holders, prominent local businesspeople
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8:05 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — The last player out of the home locker room Thursday night, Russell Westbrook had just taken responsibility for a flat fourth quarter in which he went 0-of-7 from the field and missed a potential tying 3-pointer. “Obviously we’re not starting the way we wanted to,” Westbrook said. “But we’ll
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7:30 AM ET After the mayhem the 18-inning marathon of Game 3 wrought on both teams’ pitching staffs and the seeming ease with which Boston’s bats turned small opportunities into big innings against the Dodgers bullpen in Game 4, the starting assignments for Game 5 might seem like a relief for both teams, pitting veteran
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