LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook took an inbound pass along the baseline, squared up and stared at Kevin Durant before attacking and scoring a hard-earned driving layup on the Phoenix Suns star at the rim.
Westbrook did everything he could for the LA Clippers in the fourth quarter, scoring 14 of his 37 points in the final 10 minutes.
But Westbrook's best game with his latest team was not enough to stop the Suns from leaving Los Angeles with a 112-100 win in Game 4 and a commanding 3-1 lead in this best-of-seven series.
After the game, Durant defended his former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate and took aim at Westbrook's critics. «People going to always criticize when you're successful and doing your thing for this long,» Durant said of Westbrook. «Russ has been resilient his whole life.