OKC Thunder: Rockets star Russell Westbrook 'healing' but status for series undetermined
Russell Westbrook underwent an MRI on Tuesday, but his availability for the Rockets-Thunder series remains undetermined.
Houston coach Mike D’Antoni said before Tuesday’s Game 1 that Westbrook’s strained right quadriceps is healing, but there is no timetable for the former Thunder superstar to return to the court.
“It’s getting a lot better,” D’Antoni said. “Good news it’s healing, so we just have to wait and see. We’ll have to wait and see. I really don’t know at this point.
“Can’t rule anything out, but don’t know anything yet.”
Without Westbrook, the Rockets are down to one former MVP: James Harden, another former Thunder star.
Westbrook missed the final two games of the restart seeding games, both of which Houston lost. The Rockets started the seeding games 4-1, but lost three straight to close out the regular season.
Jacob Unruh is a graduate of Northeastern State University. He was born in Cherokee and raised near Vera where he attended Caney Valley High School.During his tenure at NSU, Unruh wrote for The Northeastern (NSU's student newspaper), the... Read more ›