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NBA Power Rankings: The Los Angeles Clippers’ curse is lame

By Brandon Jefferson

May 3, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) embraces guard Chris Paul (3) after game seven of the first round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs against the Golden State Warriors at Staples Center. The Clippers defeated the Warriors 126-121 to win the series 4-3. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
May 3, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) embraces guard Chris Paul (3) after game seven of the first round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs against the Golden State Warriors at Staples Center. The Clippers defeated the Warriors 126-121 to win the series 4-3. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Warriors and Thunder's head-to-head matchup is the marquee game in tonight's DraftKings daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
The Warriors and Thunder’s head-to-head matchup is the marquee game in tonight’s DraftKings daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oklahoma City Thunder 27-19

Last week: 3-3
Last rank: 9th

Russell Westbrook is pretty good at this whole playing basketball thing. The fans should be ashamed at themselves that he wasn’t voted in as a starter for this year’s All-Star game in New Orleans. *Clears throat* HE’S AVERAGING A FRIGGIN TRIPLE DOUBLE! After laughing off a reporter’s question about “containing” Rudy Gobert, Westbrook calmly went out and buried the game-winning jumper over the Stifle Tower. I mean honestly, what more could you want from this guy. Their second run in with the Golden State Warriors started off better than the first, but then Zaza Pachulia flatlined Westbrook –and no one on the Thunder came to his defense– and Kevin Durant continued to rain down dominance upon their heads. Westbrook also had one of the most egregious traveling violations of not only the season, but in the entire history of the NBA (yes it was that bad).

However, he and the team have bounced back of late and he was able to surpass Larry Bird for fifth place on the career triple-double list after notching his 60th against the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night. The next storyline to follow with Westbrook will be how he and Durant interact during All-Star weekend. With NBATV airing the practices it will definitely be worth the extra money it cost to add the channel to your cable subscription. Even if it ends off just being them staring at each other for hours on end like a MMA pre-fight press conference.

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