Russell Westbrook notched his sixth triple-double in eight games during Friday night's 113-99 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
However, the Oklahoma City Thunder point guard was met with criticism because people thought he was lobbying for a 10th rebound to give him that triple-double.
He was going to be left to watch the final couple minutes a single rebound short of a triple-double, but he looked over at the Thunder's official scorekeepers, holding up his arm.
"Tip?" he said, nodding his head. "Tip?"
Around the time the buzzer sounded on the Thunder's 113-99 win, Westbrook was awarded an offensive rebound, noted at 2:35 when Westbrook went up to tip back a missed 3 by D.J. Augustin. Westbrook was given a missed shot on it.
Westbrook denied after the game that he was campaigning for the rebound.
"Uhh, no," Westbrook said.
Pressed on the subject, he said, "No," unleashing a trademark glare.
Westbrook has struggled with taking care of the ball, though. He had eight turnovers in Friday's game, and 27 total over the last three.
"I do know one thing, I know I need to stop turning the ball over. I can tell you that much," Westbrook then said, unprompted. "It's so frustrating, trying find and make passes and turn the ball, but at the same time, we won, so I'll go back to the drawing board and take care of it."
