Oklahoma City Thunder superstar point guard Russell Westbrook has never been afraid to speak his mind, and just hours before his team took on the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals series on Monday, he did just that.
When asked how different guarding two-time MVP Stephen Curry is in comparison to the rest of the league's point guards, Westbrook downplayed his upcoming task.
"He's a shooter. He's nothing I haven't seen," Westbrook said. "You know him, (Damian) Lillard, guys like that can shoot the basketball from four or five feet behind the three. You gotta do a little different job, just be physical."
We understand Westbrook's tactics, but he — along with everybody else in the league — knows that Curry is a one-in-a-million talent capable of making never before seen shots at a shockingly high rate from anywhere on the floor. Over, and over, and over again.
Just to be clear: We're talking about the same player who made 402 three-pointers in the regular season at 45.4% for the NBA record-setting 73-win Golden State Warriors, right?
The series will tip off on Monday night at 9 p.m. ET on TNT.
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