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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anthony Davis had an All-Star Game for the record books. And on a night when Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant provided a glimpse of the past, Giannis Antetokounmpo showed he’s clearly part of the future and a midcourt lob attempt from James Harden even went in, Davis absolutely stole the show. […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry won a tiebreaker to join Golden State teammate Kevin Durant in the lineup, while LeBron James and Kyrie Irving also gave Cleveland two starters in the NBA All-Star Game. Curry and Houston’s James Harden beat out Russell Westbrook for the two Western Conference backcourt spots Thursday in the new […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Russell Westbrook doesn’t just do triple-doubles in games anymore. Now he’s got one for the entire season. Westbrook raised his averages to 30.9 points, 11.3 assists and 10.3 rebounds through more than a month of play with his NBA-leading eighth triple-double as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the New York Knicks […]

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For decades, basketball players have dreamed of being like Mike. Thunder guard Russell Westbrook really is like Mike. So says Mike himself. Basketball great Michael Jordan inducted Westbrook into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame on Thursday night and heaped high praise on Westbrook, one of the most visible and accomplished Jordan […]

This is great news for any Thunder fan who feared the newfound organization would simply implode after losing Kevin Durant.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook had 36 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Golden State Warriors 118-94 on Tuesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference Finals and put the defending NBA champions on the brink of elimination. It was Westbrook’s first triple-double of […]

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the Thunder gave the Warriors as complete a beating as they experienced during their record-setting season. Suddenly, a second straight title seems to be anything but a given for Golden State. Now the Warriors are just trying to survive. Durant scored 33 points, Westbrook had 30 […]

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Once Stephen Curry finally gathered himself and got up following a scary first-quarter dive into the stands, everybody inside Oracle Area could take a breath, sit back and watch the MVP put on a spectacular shooting show. Curry scored 15 straight points in less than 2 minutes during one dazzling third-quarter […]

NBA player Russell Westbrook married his college sweetheart Nina Earl over the weekend.

Great news, Thunder fans. Russell Westbrook is finally getting a ring. A wedding ring, that is. The famously mercurial (and talented) Westbrook proposed to his girlfriend Nina Earl a…

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Russell Westbrook’s immediate plans involve more than a winning season with the Oklahoma City Thunder as he gets set to marry his longtime girlfriend Nina Earl this weekend. https://instagram.com/p/5i-s2riiIl/?taken-by=russwest44   https://instagram.com/p/4DUl8_iiBd/?taken-by=russwest44 TMZ Sports reports the couple will get hitched Saturday (Aug. 29) in a low-key ceremony in Beverly Hills. Anyone trying to get the exact […]

The NBA regular season is quickly coming to a close, but the race for the MVP award is heating up. Houston’s James Harden, Golden State’s…