2012 NBA Playoffs

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Originally Posted by NC_Skins

It still boils down to Westbrook not running the offense and getting people into the flow of it. He doesn't need to score that many points to be dangerous. Look at Steve Nash's 2 MVP seasons and look at the PPG. Not even at 20 per night. If it wasn't for Westbrook's anomaly of 11 assist in the earlier game of this series, his assist numbers would be horrible. He shot well last night, but still only dished out 5 assist with 3 turnovers.

The Thunder are not even in striking distance if Westbrook doesn't go off last night like he did. They need for him to play like that in order for this team (as it is currently constructed) to even hang with Miami at this point. I'm sorry, but Harden is the goat of this series... dude has played tentatively. LeBron's defense has been wearing down Durant. Who's the other option to score? Perkins? Ibaka? If Maynor wasn't injured, he'd definitely be able to spell him a bit. But as it stands, Westbrook and Durant have to be the offense.

You mentioned Steve Nash- guess what? He has no rings, either. If you tried to change Westbrook into a pass first point guard like Nash, you'd be under-utilizing his talents and making the team weaker overall.

Oh and Brooks' rotations were a bit boggling last night. Perkins is right.