Just seconds after badly missing a 3-pointer off the backboard, Russell Westbrook came up with a big steal before sinking a clutch 3 that forced overtime to help the Los Angeles Lakers snap an 11-game road losing streak in Toronto.
Westbrook’s 3, which he hit after looking down and moving his foot off the 3-point line to make sure he shot a triple, came with nine-tenths of a second left in regulation before the Lakers outlasted the Raptors, 128-123, in overtime.
In what has been a frustrating first season in Los Angeles, one of Westbrook’s biggest highlights as a Laker could not have come at a better time. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Lakers, who had dropped 12 of their previous 15 games.
“I was actually looking at his feet when he was getting close to the 3-point line,” LeBron James said of Westbrook’s big shot. “And saw him step on the 3-point line and then slide his foot back before he released it.
“Big-time IQ there on his part and a big-time shot by a…
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