This is not what you want to hear if you’re an Oklahoma City Thunder fan. According to The Oklahoman, Thunder co-stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook got into a shouting match on the bench and needed to be separated during their game against the Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
Per the report, Durant and a couple other teammates had to calm Westbrook down on the court in the second quarter after he became frustrated with Thabo Sefolosha for passing up on an open 3-pointer. Westbrook apparently let his emotions get the best of him during a timeout just a minute later and that’s when the two got into it.
Back in September, Durant denied any talk of bad blood between him and Westbrook to Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports.
"We butt heads just like any other players because we are both competitive, we both want to go at it, we both have ideas," he said. "I support him 100 percent. Of course, I hated when people were saying the stuff they were saying, and he hated it as well. I didn’t want it to get to his head. I hate when people try to creep into the group and try to break things up."
Oklahoma City and their fans better can only hope that the two can truly co-exist. If they can then this team has the talent to rule the West. But, if they can't, then perhaps we are looking at a Marbury-Garnett redux.
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