In a lightly reported story during the summer, Kevin Durant left Oklahoma City to sign with Golden State. You may have heard about it on the internet. Well, the Warriors and Thunder met for the second time this season on Wednesday night, and things could not have gone worse for Russell Westbrook, who is clearly not over his ex-teammate’s free-agency departure and also got trucked for good measure.
During the Warriors’ 121-100 victory, Zaza Puchulia flattened Westbrook as the latter was coming around a screen. Looking like a heroic warrior from the movie 300, Zaza stood over the crumpled Westbrook while no Thunder teammates came to Westbrook’s aid.
mattclapp: Zaza fouls Russ, then stands over him ESPN NBA Basketball: Thunder at Warriors https://t.co/5BhIN0wpCN pic.twitter.com/7RYT9yDgJS
— FanSportsClips (@FanSportsClips) January 19, 2017
Afterward, Westbrook promised revenge against Zaza.
Westbrook on the Pachulia incident: "I'm gonna get his ass back for that one." pic.twitter.com/yJDYes2nXn
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) January 19, 2017
The pettiness of Westbrook wasn’t just there. It was on the court, too. It’s hard to see what happened in this next clip, but Durant is trying to engage Westbrook in conversation, and you can tell Westbrook wants no part of it.
thedoctorcarson: KD & Westbrook exchange words ESPN NBA Basketball: Thunder at Warriors https://t.co/kk8W9L5yA2 pic.twitter.com/oJAfOEhS8g
— FanSportsClips (@FanSportsClips) January 19, 2017
After the game, when Westbrook saw teammates trying to talk to Durant on the court, Westbrook yelled, “Don’t say what’s up to that bitch ass.”
We are months removed from Durant leaving. The Thunder are still a playoff team. Westbrook is on pace to average a triple-double for a full season. And still, Westbrook is holding that grudge so tightly that he may never let it go. Westbrook is Kate Winslet on the floating chunk of wood and his hatred is Jack Dawson’s frozen corpse bobbing in the ocean. It’s so wonderful that it would be a crime if these two don’t meet in the playoffs.