Russell Westbrook had his worst game of the season so far in terms of scoring as he scored just 5 five points in the Lakers win over the Knicks.
He made just a single shot in ten attempts. Moreover, the 33-year-old point guard played 29 minutes in total and was benched during the overtime.
In a postgame press conference Anthony Davis was asked about Westbrook’s performance and how he could recover from it. “It could be frustrating,” Davis said. “The fans obviously want him to play better. One thing you can’t do is put too much pressure on yourself. You got to go out there and play freely.
“Some shots tonight that he usually takes in rhythm and he kind of passed up or hesitated. LB was trying to just tell him, like ‘We don’t care if you miss everyone, just play. Shoot your rhythm shots, don’t hesitate.’
“Obviously it’s easier said than done just because when you’re in it, you don’t want to be missing shots, I mean he doesn’t try to miss. And a lot of shots you takes are shots that he can make but he just got to stay out of his own head.
“He just got to continue to play and do the little things. When I was going through the whole little thing while I wasn’t playing well, I tried to always do the little things for our team, the intangibles and they kind of get you going get you in the rhythm. That’s what you have to do he has to.
“Got two days to kind of just get away and just try to lock back in come Milwaukee. But as a leader of the team me, Bron, we try to just continue to talk to him just make sure that he’s not in his own head and putting a lot of pressure on himself.”
