Surprised? Westbrook, who scored 203 triple-doubles, never scored 60 points!

As the most versatile player in NBA history, Russell Westbrook is still very great even though he has not won the championship trophy so far in his career. He has won a total of 203 triple-doubles and has averaged triple-doubles in four seasons. In addition, he has a regular season MVP, and Westbrook has basically won all the honors he can get. However, it is incredible that although he has become the scoring leader of the season twice, he has never scored 60 points in a single game, and his career highest score is 58 points, which is probably unexpected by many fans. So why, Westbrook has never scored 60 points? Let’s find out below!

1. The scoring methods are limited, and the efficiency of medium and long-distance shooting is average.

First of all, let's take a look at Westbrook's characteristics. At his peak, what he is most proud of is that he is comparable to LeBron James' physical fitness. Although he suffered major injuries many times, Westbrook every time he returns, it seems to have been upgraded, which makes fans have to sigh that this guy's body is "perverted". It is precisely because of this that Westbrook, who plays as a point guard, basically had no opponent to limit him at his peak. He was not as strong as him, and he was not as strong as him. Even in the 2012 Western Conference semi-finals, Kobe Bryant, who was selected into the All-Defensive First Team many times in the past, also felt a rare feeling of fatigue when defending Westbrook. However, although Westbrook was able to repeatedly crush his body and cause huge damage at the basket, the finishing rate at the basket of his entire career was 55%. Therefore, no matter how strong Westbrook's ability is, it is difficult to ensure that he can score 60 points in a game through the goal under the basket.

In addition to the ending at the basket, although Westbrook had a certain mid-range shooting ability in the early stage of his career, as he grew older and changed his playing style, his mid-range shooting and three-point shooting became more and more unstable. His three-point shooting percentage was only 30.5% and his shooting percentage was only 43.9%. Overall, in the late stage of his career, his scoring conversion rate had declined significantly. If you want to score 60 points in a single game, what you need is to have the ability to shoot in the middle and long range. After all, if you have three points, you can not only create enough space for yourself to break through, but also use flexible running to form a blow at the three-point line. This is the key reason why James Harden, Stephen Curry and other defenders of Westbrook's era can score 60+ many times, but Westbrook has never touched this data. Let’s take Westbrook’s career night, which is a 58-point game in a single game. He only scored 3 three-pointers in the whole game. If he can score 2 more three-pointers, he will be able to enter the palace of 60 points. This is indeed a pity.

2. Changes in playing style and different role positioning.

In addition, there is another point that needs to be explained, that is, in the summer of 2016, Kevin Durant's transfer actually had a great impact on Westbrook. In the past, Westbrook used strong breakthroughs and organizations to help the Thunder win. But after Durant left, Westbrook started to play extremely versatile, offense, organization, rebounding, etc. He was able to fill his own data almost every game. Many people now think that Westbrook was suspected of flashing data that year, but you should know that in the Westbrook, which is extremely competitive, it is a very amazing achievement to help the team enter the playoffs after Durant leaves. Especially in the 16-17 season, the epic 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds, 10.4 assists and 1.6 steals were destined to be in history. However, it is precisely because of the more versatile style of playing that Westbrook will find it difficult for him to save more physical energy to score. No matter how abundant his physical energy is, he will not be able to complete all the work of the five people. If Durant had not left that year, Westbrook would still have the chance to make an impact.

Finally, there is another very important factor that prevents Westbrook from getting 60 points, which is the team's positioning. In fact, except for the 14-15 season and 16-17 season, Westbrook basically has a top offensive superstar around him in the rest of the seasons, Durant in the early days, later Paul George, James Harden, Bradley Beal, etc. Therefore, with these teammates, Westbrook's positioning is still the core of the organization, not the offensive arrow. What's even more coincidental is that it was precisely the two seasons that Westbrook led the team alone that he won his two scoring titles. So in general, Westbrook has absolutely no ability. If he had given the ball completely and he didn't need to organize it, he would have definitely scored 60 points at his peak, but he was missed due to various reasons such as himself and the team. But even if he didn't score 60 points, he could not deny his greatness. In this regard, Westbrook deserves recognition from fans.