Russell Westbrook is not happy with Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia. During tonight’s Warriors-Thunder game, Pachulia appeared to intentionally fell on Westbrook’s legs.
Zaza just fell hard on Russell Westbrook's legs on purpose… pic.twitter.com/BwXaCbFZgD
— Justin Jett (@JustinJett_) February 25, 2018
After the game, Westbrook was asked his thoughts on if he thought Zaza fell on him intentionally or if it was an accident.
Russell Westbrook on Zaza Pachulia falling on him, and asked if he’s a dirty player: “Yeah. For sure.” pic.twitter.com/w9ZH0AwVP1
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) February 25, 2018
Reporter: What happenned
Westbrook: What do you think what happened?
Reporter: He fell on your legs?
Westbrook: Don’t ask me a dumb question you know the answer to.
Reporter: Was it intentional?
Westbrook: Obviously it was intentional, don’t ask me a dumb question. Nobody touched him and he fell over my leg tried to hurt me but hey that’s how it goes
Reporter: Is that something the NBA should look at?
Westbrook: Hey man they’ll see it and they’ll look at
Reporter: You’ve had a couple of run-ins with Zaza, do you think he’s a dirty player?
Westbrook: Yeah for sure.
Westbrook wasn’t the only one to call out Pachulia. Here is Kyrie Irving commenting about the play in an Instagram post.
Kyrie Irving has thoughts on Pachulia falling on Westbrook’s leg: “that s*** is ridiculous” pic.twitter.com/fPJayhbzT4
— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) February 25, 2018
The league needs to take a hard look at Zaza before he goes out there and ends someone’s career with a dirty play like the one he put on Westbrook tonight.