"There's No Beef" Russell Westbrook's Honest Quote About Relationship With Kevin Durant
On Sunday night, the Phoenix Suns will host the Los Angeles Clippers for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
The two teams facing off means that former teammates Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant will go head-to-head in the NBA Playoffs.
Durant and Westbrook played together for eight seasons on the Oklahoma City Thunder before Durant joined the Golden State Warriors in the summer of 2016.
Westbrook met with the media on Wednesday and spoke about his relationship with his former teammate.
Westbrook: "I think people still think like there's some beef or something. There's no beef of any sort. I think that's the good narrative for media for people to talk about. There's no beef. I got nothing but respect for him and things he's done with his career, and happy to see him back from injury. There's no beef at all. He knows I'm going to compete, and I know he's going to compete and that's all it is."
Westbrook began his season with the Los Angeles Lakers but signed with the Clippers in the middle of the season after getting traded to the Utah Jazz (who bought him out).
The Clippers finished the year as the fifth seed in the Western Conference and had a 44-38 record.
Meanwhile, Durant started the year with the Brooklyn Nets but was traded to the Suns during the season.
The Suns are the fourth seed and had a 45-37 record.
During the regular season, the two teams went 2-2 against each other.
