周二晚，休斯顿火箭队承受住了拉塞尔?威斯布鲁克暴风骤雨般的进攻，在丰田中心105比99击败了俄克拉荷马雷霆队，以五场比赛结束了季后赛首轮。

　　Houston, which went from an eighth seed a year ago to a third seed that has earned the distinction of darkhorse title contender, will face the winner of the San Antonio Spurs-Memphis Grizzlies series in the second round (entering Tuesday’s Game 5, they were tied 2-2). If only Westbrook’s teammates would have found a way to help, this one might have been different.

　　火箭队从去年常规赛排名第八到今年第三名的表现让他们被称为冠军争夺者里的一匹黑马。他们在第二轮将会面对圣安东尼奥马刺队和孟菲斯灰熊队的胜者（正在进行第五场比赛，目前大比分2比2平）。假如威斯布鲁克的队友能稍微帮他多一些，这场系列赛恐怕就会大不相同了。

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　　No matter how angry Westbrook was in his postgame session with reporters on Sunday, when he admonished a local columnist for inquiring about the Thunder’s elephant-in-the-room problem of playing poorly without him, that harsh reality remained true two nights later.

　　威斯布鲁克在周日的赛后新闻发布会上面对记者采访时告诫一名当地的专栏作家，不要追问雷霆在没有他上场的时候打的就很差这个大家都避而不谈的问题，但不管他如何愤怒，两个晚上后现实还是把这个问题残酷地展现了出来。

　　After Oklahoma City rallied from a 51-44 halftime deficit to lead 77-72 entering the fourth quarter, with Westbrook scoring 20 of his 47 points in the third, the Rockets exploded on a 14-4 run while Westbrook was on the bench. In the end, that trend was their undoing.

　　威斯布鲁克在第三节拿下全场得分47分中的20分，帮助雷霆从上半场44比51的落后反超至77比72领先进入第四节，但火箭在威斯布鲁克下场期间打出14比4的比分。最终，这也导致了他们的输球。

　　In this series that was billed as a faceoff of the NBA’s top two MVP candidates, Rockets star James Harden won out because he had the kind of offensive help the Thunder sorely lack. Harden finished with 34 points (eight of 25 shooting), eight rebounds and four assists. Rockets reserve Lou Williams, who came their way via trade with the Lakers in February, had 22 points. Houston won despite struggling from beyond the arc, as they hit just six of 37 from beyond the arc.

　　在这轮被宣传为NBA两名顶级MVP候选者之间的对决的系列赛里，火箭球星詹姆斯?哈登取得了最终胜利，因为他比起雷霆多了更多的进攻辅助。哈登拿到34分（25投8中），8个篮板，4次助攻。火箭尽管三分球不尽人意但仍取得了胜利，他们三分球37投只有6中。

　　Westbrook – who also had 11 rebounds, nine assists, and seven turnovers – finished 15 of 34 overall (five of 18 from three-point range). Thunder guard Victor Oladipo, who was the closest thing Westbrook had to a sidekick this season after Kevin Durant left for the Golden State Warriors in free agency, missed 13 of 17 shots and had just 10 points.

　　威斯布鲁克最后34投15中（三分线外18投5中），同时有11个篮板，9次助攻，7个失误。雷霆的后卫维克托?奥拉迪波作为杜兰特去金州勇士后威斯布鲁克身边最为接近杜兰特的帮手，17次出手投丢13次，只拿到10分。

　　Even with the loss, Westbrook’s regular season heroics won’t soon be forgotten. By averaging 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game, he became just the second player in league history to average a triple-double for an entire season. Oscar Robertson, who deemed Westbrook the new “Triple Double King” in a recent interview with USA TODAY Sports, achieved that feat for the Cincinnati Royals in the 1961-62 season.

　　尽管输掉了比赛，但威斯布鲁克在常规赛的英勇之举不会被很快忘记的。场均31.6分，10.7个篮板和10.4次助攻，让他成为联盟历史上第二位在整个赛季拿下场均三双的球员。奥斯卡?罗伯特森在最近接受今日美国体育采访时称威斯布鲁克为“三双之王”，他在1961-62赛季为辛辛那堤皇家队拿到过此项成就。