{"id":529756,"date":"2019-04-03T06:25:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T10:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=529756"},"modified":"2019-04-04T13:48:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T17:48:40","slug":"thats-for-nipsey-russell-westbrook-delivers-20-20-21-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/thats-for-nipsey-russell-westbrook-delivers-20-20-21-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;That&#8217;s for Nipsey&#8217;: Russell Westbrook Delivers 20-20-21 Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/tag\/russell-westbrook\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Westbrook<\/a> became the first player since <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/tag\/wilt-chamberlain\" target=\"_blank\">Wilt Chamberlain<\/a> to record a 20-20-20 performance Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thunder vs Lakers - Russell Westbrook records 20-20-21 triple-double\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ot-ZJxj39oo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Westbrook finished with 20 points, 20 rebounds and 21 assists in the OKC Thunder&#8217;s 119-103 win against the visiting Los Angeles Lakers, and dedicated the performance to his late friend Nipsey Hussle.<\/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>The historic statline was a nod to the slain rapper&#8217;s once-membership in the Rollin\u2019 60\u2019s Neighborhood Crips gang.<\/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\">&quot;That was for Nipsey.&quot; \ud83d\udc99\ud83d\ude4f<br><br>Russ dedicates his 20-20-20 performance to the late Nipsey Hussle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KbkvwD3z0M\">pic.twitter.com\/KbkvwD3z0M<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1113271202078818309?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>Russ says Nip, who was shot and killed in L.A. over the weekend, served as an inspiration.<\/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\">Russell Westbrook honors late friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NipseyHussle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NipseyHussle<\/a> with historic triple-double in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Thunder?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Thunder<\/a>&#39;s win against Lakers. (via @ErikHorneOK) READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UBOvg3SjuD\">https:\/\/t.co\/UBOvg3SjuD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HCTlIqizLh\">pic.twitter.com\/HCTlIqizLh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ThunderXtra (@ThunderXtra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThunderXtra\/status\/1113298021649981440?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>Per <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newsok.com\/article\/5627597\/russell-westbrook-matches-wilt-chamberlain-with-historic-triple-double-as-thunder-beat-lakers-119-103\" target=\"_blank\">The Oklahoman<\/a><\/em>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cTwenty plus 20 plus 20,\u201d Westbrook said in the TNT postgame with Jason Terry. \u201cThey know what that means. That\u2019s for my bro.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><em>[Billy] Donovan said Westbrook came to him after the game and explained why he didn\u2019t want to come out of the game.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cI knew that he had a close friend pass away; he had mentioned and explained that to me,\u201d Donovan said. \u201cI think for a few guys on our team, relationship-wise, it\u2019s kind of hit them pretty hard the last couple of days talking to them. I think for Russell that was something that really meant a lot to him.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><em>On Tuesday, though, Westbrook packaged a dedication and a win into one.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s huge,\u201d Westbrook said, wearing a blue shirt with \u201cCrenshaw\u201d printed in white letters. \u201cI\u2019m not going to try to put it into words, but that\u2019s who it\u2019s for and I\u2019ll leave it at that.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/russell-westbrook-pays-homage-nipsey-hussle-20-20-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Post Up: Russell Westbrook Pays Homage to Nipsey Hussle with 20\/20\/20 Line \ud83d\udc99<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russell Westbrook became the first player since Wilt Chamberlain to record a 20-20-20 performance Tuesday night. Westbrook finished with 20 points, 20 rebounds and 21 assists in the OKC Thunder&#8217;s 119-103 win against the visiting Los Angeles Lakers, and dedicated the performance to his late friend Nipsey Hussle. The historic statline was a nod to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":529757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[149,62523,10679,35571,271,784],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-529756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-mantle","tag-nipsey-hussle","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-russell-westbrook","tag-wilt-chamberlain"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529756"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":529780,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529756\/revisions\/529780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529756"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=529756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}