The Denver Nuggets are dealing with the Toronto Raptors on Monday evening and searching for their fourth win of the NBA season. Beginning the season 3-3 via six video games, the Nuggets are working via completely different lineup combos.
One of many new additions the Nuggets made this offseason was nine-time NBA All-Star Russell Westbrook. The 17-year veteran level guard has been serving as Denver’s backup to Jamal Murray, however with Murray within the NBA’s concussion protocol, Westbrook has been promoted into the beginning lineup.
Getting his second begin of the season on Monday evening in opposition to Toronto, Westbrook made NBA historical past by transferring into seventeenth all-time in complete steals.
Congrats to @russwest44 of the @nuggets for transferring as much as seventeenth on the all-time STEALS record! pic.twitter.com/gAQZwgqxct
— NBA (@NBA) November 5, 2024
Westbrook had 5 steals in Denver’s win over the Utah Jazz, incomes him the Defensive Participant of the Sport chain from head coach Michael Malone.
Through Nuggets: “Two for 2 🧊”
Two for 2 🧊 https://t.co/vxO1zhmFxN pic.twitter.com/2k5VbZDuio
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) November 3, 2024
Westbrook has been a really underrated defender all through his NBA profession, by no means incomes any All-Defensive honors, however constantly being one of many hardest guards to attain in opposition to. This has been particularly noticeable within the final a number of seasons, as Westbrook has typically been relied on to defend the opposite workforce’s finest guard.
Protection is likely one of the causes the Nuggets signed Westbrook, and he has been taking part in at a really excessive degree on that finish to start out the NBA season. Identified for his triple-doubles, playmaking, scoring titles, and extra, Westbrook now ranks seventeenth all-time in steals.
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