{"id":529747,"date":"2019-04-03T01:03:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T05:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=529747"},"modified":"2019-11-26T16:45:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T21:45:54","slug":"russell-westbrook-pays-homage-nipsey-hussle-20-20-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/russell-westbrook-pays-homage-nipsey-hussle-20-20-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Up: Russell Westbrook Pays Homage to Nipsey Hussle with 20\/20\/20 Line \ud83d\udc99"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Lakers 103 (35-43), Thunder 119 (45-33)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma City took care of business against a Lakers team missing LeBron James, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell Westbrook (20 points, 21 dimes, 20 boards, +24 plus\/minus) recorded the first 20\/20\/20 game in over 51 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The historic statline paid homage to the late rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was a member of the Rollin 60&#8217;s Crips gang (20 + 20 + 20 = 60).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f &quot;THAT&#39;S FOR NIPSEY!&quot;<br><br>Russ&#39; 20-20-20 line was bigger than basketball (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBAonTNT<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FxxEMqSAqv\">pic.twitter.com\/FxxEMqSAqv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SLAM (@SLAMonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLAMonline\/status\/1113270571029155840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hawks 111 (28-50), Spurs 117 (45-33)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a close game with 24 lead changes and 15 ties, San Antonio was able to rally late in the fourth quarter to secure the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeMar DeRozan dropped a game-high 29 points (7-11 FG) with 7 dimes, 7 boards and a +18 plus\/minus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rockets 130 (50-28), Kings 105 (38-40)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Houston connected on 26 threes and led the entire game\u2014going up by as much as 30 points in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Harden scored a game-high 36 points with 10 dimes and a +29 plus\/minus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nuggets 102 (51-26), Warriors 116 (53-24)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Kevin Durant was ejected with 8:21 left in the third, Golden State responded by pushing the lead to 30 points by the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeMarcus Cousins dropped a game-high 28 points with 12 boards and 5 dimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steph making the snatch hesi look effortless (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBA<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0PRqSxPmMQ\">pic.twitter.com\/0PRqSxPmMQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SLAM (@SLAMonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLAMonline\/status\/1113283581428760576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakers 103 (35-43), Thunder 119 (45-33) Oklahoma City took care of business against a Lakers team missing LeBron James, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart. Russell Westbrook (20 points, 21 dimes, 20 boards, +24 plus\/minus) recorded the first 20\/20\/20 game in over 51 years. 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