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Russell Westbrook’s Nuggets-Nets performance goes viral

Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook had his best game of the season in Tuesday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets. Showing his ability to score and make plays, Westbrook did a little bit of everything for the Nuggets.

With 22 points and five assists in just 21 minutes of action before the start of overtime, Westbrook helped spark the Nuggets with his play in the second half. In addition to a perfect 10/10 performance from the free throw line, Westbrook made both of his three-point attempts in regulation.

Westbrook’s performance went viral on social media, particularly the pull-up three he made in the fourth quarter. The 17-year NBA veteran had words for the Nets after this big three.

This clip of Westbrook’s three shots to extend Denver’s lead in the fourth quarter racked up over 1,000,000 views in just 30 minutes after it was posted by the Nuggets.

The NBA also posted this photo of Westbrook on X.

Via NBA: “RUSS FEELING IT Goes all out to give Denver a 5-up lead in the 4Q… up 22 points on NBA League Pass!”

This post racked up over 60,000 views in just 30 minutes. SportsCenter also posted this video on Instagram.

Via SportsCenter: “RUSS COOKING ”

This post received over 120,000 views within 30 minutes of posting. Several other major accounts published articles on Westbrook’s performance.

Via Legion Hoops: “RUSSELL WESTBROOK IS COMING. THE BRODIE IS BACK.”

Westbrook is a future Hall of Fame point guard who showed Tuesday night that he is still very capable of putting on big performances at this point in his career.

The Nuggets won the game in overtime against Brooklyn by a final score of 144-139.

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