Last night, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors provided us with some heated regular season NBA competition preparing us for what could be a possible historical playoff matchup and official rivalry post the Thunder-Kevin Durant era.
Unfortunately, the game resulted in a blowout in favor of the Golden State Warriors, whose largest lead was 35 points at one point during the exhibition match and ended with a 112-80 final score. Warriors fans are probably celebrating the victory of their favored team but, lopsided regular season games aren't as entertaining for casual fans.
Things did heat up though, during a play that involved Russell Westbrook driving to the basket, missing an attempted layup, attempting to recover his miss, getting tangled up with Warriors guard, Nick Young, and falling to the ground. While on the ground, Warriors center, Zaza Pachulia 'supposedly' falls as well and lands right on Westbrook's left knee which could have potentially injured the Thunder's leadman.
Of course, Westbrook thought Pachulia's fall was intentional and had spoken to the media following the game with an obvious chip on his shoulder and rightfully so. Westbrook claimed that Zaza intentionally attempted to hurt him and even eluded to the fact that Zaza Pachulia was a dirty player.
If you haven't seen the clip, you can do so here, and let us know if you think Zaza did intentionally attempt to injure Russell Westbrook in the comment section below.
