Multiple triple double games this season for Russell Westbrook. He took home the All Star game MVP earlier this season at Madison Square Garden. He was in the NBA MVP race for quiet sometime with the likes of James Harden and Stephen Curry. He missed several games to start the 2014-15 season due to a hand injury. At the same time reigning league MVP Kevin Durant was out with a foot injury. Later on during the year Durant would be shut down for the season after another surgery to his foot. Westbrook played possessed he tried to keep the Oklahoma City Thunder afloat, he did until the last day. OKC got the win they needed vs. Minnesota, Yet the New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Spurs to capture the final playoff berth in the west. 45-37 record for the Thunder would have got them in the playoffs in the east, since 2 teams will play playoff basketball with under .500 records on that side of the bracket. When healthy as a whole Oklahoma City would have a chance to do playoff damage while contending for a championship. Maybe the best is yet to come for R. Westbrook (individually) and for OKC (as a team) if he and them can stay healthy.
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