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The Houston Rockets held an intrasquad skirmish Thursday to get All-Star guard Russell Westbrook his very first full-speed, 5-on-5 action because he was detected with a strained right quadriceps, sources informed ESPN.
“He looked as explosive as ever,” a source said.
Barring any problems, theres an expectation that he will be prepared to return for Game 5.
Westbrook missed the first four games of the Rockets series versus the Oklahoma City Thunder, his former team. With the series tied, he planned to check the quadriceps pregame in an attempt to play in Game 5 Wednesday, but NBA video games were postponed since of gamers protesting racial oppression.
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Westbrook, a late arrival to the NBAs Walt Disney World Resort school in Florida because he tested favorable for COVID-19, felt soreness in his right quadriceps after the Rockets loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Aug. 4. Since of what the group originally deemed a right quad contusion, he sat out the next two video games.
Westbrook played 28 minutes in Houstons Aug. 11 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, recording 20 points, 5 rebounds and 6 helps. The Rockets revealed the next day that an MRI had actually revealed that Westbrook had a strained muscle in his quad, and he has actually not played because.
Westbrook balanced 27.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 7.0 assists per video game in his first season with the Rockets. Westbrook signed up with Houston in a smash hit trade with Oklahoma City last summer.
