Well, it appears as though Russell Westbrook was trying to draw the foul and anticipate the contact. It's a decent idea, in theory. But I doubt it works very often. Westbrook doesn't get the call and, as a result, he ends up just looking silly as he launches a half-court shot.
Russell Westbrook shoots half-court shot with lots of time left on clock
This isn’t the best display of clock awareness by Russell Westbrook here. He fires a half-court shot with 18 seconds on the shot clock. What was he thinking?
