Jalen Williams, who now plays the role of star for the Thunder in Westbrook's place, shared a message with the former MVP amid their series. Williams, who is on the younger side of stars in this league at 24 years old, spent a significant time of his days growing up and watching Westbrook as one of the featured players in the NBA.

The OKC crowd brought its A-game in the Thunder's 149-106 Game 2 win over the Denver Nuggets to even their Round 2 series 1-1. Cheers for Russell Westbrook in Game 1 turned into boos Game 2. As the Thunder doubled up the Nuggets on the scoreboard,

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault isn’t concerned over his All-Star forward Jalen Williams’ abysmal shooting in Game 1’s 121-119 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Monday. In a game where the Nuggets erased a 14-point Thunder lead by rebounding,