Westbrook dismisses Villanueva's pregame stunt: 'That's for the guys who don't play'
Charlie Villanueva tried to get in the way of Russell Westbrook and Cameron Payne's pregame routine: pic.twitter.com/7zhvasINPP
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) April 19, 2016
Before the tipoff at the Thunder-Mavericks Game 2, Mavs forward Charlie Villanueva meandered between Russell Westbrook and teammate Cameron Payne's artistic warmup, and caught a Westbrook shove in response.
"That's for the guys who don't play," Westbrook said. "Gotta do something."
Objectively, that's true. Villanueva didn't enter the game, nor did McGee.
KD on the Russ dance that Charlie V interrupted: "that's fake shit ... that's for people who don't play the game" pic.twitter.com/uTc3RqcqQo
— Tim Cato (@tim_cato) April 19, 2016
It appears they "contributed" to Dallas' cause by attempting to get underneath Westbrook's skin. Maybe it even worked to some extent as Westbrook had on off shooting night, sinking only 8 of 22 shots.
Of course Durant fared even worse, tying Michael Jordan for missed shots in a playoff game with 26. So, credit the Mavericks defense in what was a physical contest.
After the game, McGee took one more shot at the Thunder (his second of the night, I suppose) with... Crying Jordan:
The Thunder will visit Dallas and the Goon Squad on Thursday night in Game 3.
— PÎÊRRĘ (@JaValeMcGee34) April 19, 2016
