Russell Westbrook had a double-double of 24 points and 11 assists for the Los Angeles Lakers in a win over the Boston Celtics. The 33-year-old point guard made just four turnovers.
After the game, Anthony Davis talked about how Russ changed his game since he joined the Lakers and what the team needs the most from him.
“I think at the beginning of the year Russ was a little bit passive,” Davis said after the Celtics game. “He was trying to get guys involved, pass the ball. He’d be at the rim and… he had one tonight where he tried to kick it out to Melo where he could have laid the ball up.
“We’re just trying to tell him to be himself, don’t try to be anybody else. The more you’re aggressive, the more it will open up for everyone else. As of late, last 7-10 games he’s been very very aggressive. And when he do that, it opens up the floor for everyone else as far as shooting.
“He just been on the attack mode. You saw tonight he went on a stretch in the third quarter here he just went downhill and finished. And that’s what he got to do. Before every game I tell him to be yourself. That’s why we brought him here – to be Russell Westbrook and not anybody else but that.”
