NBA Inside The Player Of The Week (Dec. 22-28)

Russell Westbrook isn't the most finesse or skilled player in the NBA, but he sure gives a great amount of effort and hustle. His athleticism is at a superhuman level. With that, he can produce big numbers and help his team win without a great amount of outside shots. This week, Westbrook proved to be most valuable to his team, even more valuable than Kevin Durant. That is why he is your NBA Inside The Player Of The Week.

This week, Russell Westbrook played 3 games, his team won 2 of them and he was the main reason why. This week alone he averaged 26.3 points. While he only shot 27.3% from the 3-point line, he managed to shoot exactly 50% from the field. It is worth noting that Westbrook took it upon himself to score. 41.7% of his shots, he held the ball for more than 6 seconds. Westbrook took it at the defense all by himself. Also, 60% of the time he took more than 6 dribbles on a shot attempt, meaning that he was attacking the defense as much as he could.

Westbrook did a lot more than just scoring. Rebounding was a big thing in Westbrook's game this week. Like I said before, Westbrook's hustle and effort is through the roof, and it showed as he grabbed 8 RPG this week. For a point guard, that is really great. Westbrook also passed the ball really well as he averaged 9.3 assists this week. And he was assisting his teammates really well as his teammates all shot over 50% when being assisted from Westbrook.

Russell Westbrook also really went after it on defense as well, getting 3 steals per game. In fact, in the loss to Chicago where Westbrook was struggling with shooting the ball, he not only pitched in with 7 rebounds and 8 assists, but he also contributed with 6 steals as well. The downside was the Russell turned the ball over and didn't shoot well in that game as well as putting up some bad shots at the end of a close game which lead to their loss.

As you can see, Russell Westbrook contributed with near triple-double numbers this week and made big contributions to his teams' success this week. That is why he is your NBA Inside The Player Of The Week.