Russ on Patrick Beverley’s defense: “He just running around, doing nothing”

“Pat Bev trick y’all, man. Like he playing defense. He don’t guard nobody.”

Russ not holding back 😳pic.twitter.com/S8Ub6gxyMp

— Yahoo Sports NBA (@YahooSportsNBA) November 14, 2019

James Harden a bit kinder than Russell Westbrook when discussing Patrick Beverley.

"I've played with him for a couple years so I know Pat. He competes his butt off, that's why he's in the position that he's in now. I'm proud of him, but tonight was one of those nights." pic.twitter.com/tOI7YmnA44

— Michael Shapiro (@mshap2) November 14, 2019

Or, as Pat Bev so eloquently put it: "I was on his ass."

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) November 14, 2019