Royce Young: “The Thunder are on the brink now, and Westbrook will almost assuredly shoulder as much responsibility as he ever has in a must-win Game 5 in Houston on Tuesday. But he can’t beat the balanced Rockets on his own. Which is why he wasn’t so much answering a question after Game 4 as he was trying to send a message. The podium was his vehicle to speak up for his battered teammates, and tell them he has their backs. Unless they have his, though, the Thunder’s season won’t last last much longer.”
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