NBA schedule and results: Russell Westbrook notches another triple double

If you can come up with a crazier night of regular season basketball than March 4, 2015, I’m all ears. OK, this is probably a case of recency bias, but what went down on Wednesday was truly wild. It epitomized the NBA’s slogan of “Where Amazing Happens.”

Wednesday featured outstanding games by MVP candidates, some improbable performances and several game-winners. If I haven’t hammered this point home enough, it was an amazing night.

Ohhhhh no. Doc Rivers drew up a lovely set for the Clippers to break their tie with Portland with just over 2 seconds to go. Chris Paul’s shot rimmed out, but that wasn’t the end of it ... or shouldn’t have been:

DeAndre Jordan grabbed the rebound and, having heard a buzzer, just stood there. That was the shot clock buzzer (there were 1.7 seconds left there vs. 2.8 on the game clock), and he actually had a full second in which to easily put that ball back up and in to win the game. He even held the ball aloft as if to demonstrate how easy it would have been to end it all.

You think Glen Davis got that figure by skipping opportunities for ab workouts?

Might wanna work on that form, though, Baby.

Stephen Curry hasn’t even had a good shooting night, but when he knows, he knows, Arenas-style:

Way better than the Nick Young version:

Did the mask slow Westbrook down? Not even a little.

The triple-double for Westbrook was his fourth straight. It put him in some historic company:

This is part of this Clippers employee’s job description:

He must keep his head shaven, and he must submit to nightly DeAndre Jordan scalp rubbings. At least DeAndre dries off his hands first.

Not a bad effort, DeMarcus Cousins, but waaay too late:

The Grizzlies and Rockets went back and forth for 48 minutes on Wednesday night in a game that had the feel of a Western Conference playoff contest. The game came down the final possession by each team.

James Harden drove into the teeth of the Memphis defense with under 10 seconds left and the shot clock winding down. There was a lot of contact on the play, but no foul was called and the Grizzlies gained possession:

Anthony Davis has eight blocks as of this writing, and yet Greg Monroe thought it would be a good idea to attempt a shot right in his face:

It was not a good idea.

All for naught in the end, though. (But seriously, how did that Boston play take less than 1.7 seconds?)

The Raptors can’t contain LeBron James or any Cavaliers players off the dribble, so they’ve resorted to using tactics from a different sport. Way to wrap him up, Jonas Valanciunas!

It hasn’t been a good week for James. First: James Harden kicked him in the crotch. Now, this. I’d be mad too.

Here we were talking about Nerlens Noel’s defense, and ...

Russell Westbrook knew he had to put that up hiiiiigh, but Nerlens struck it down anyway.

When most adults get shown on the big screen, they lose their minds and do some horrible dance and yell. Not this guy. He stays cool as a cucumber, keeps on keeping on, and lets the camera know he loves them with a little point. Waive all those rules in the constitution preventing 7 year-olds from being President and let’s get this kid in office in 2016.

(Spotted by Candace Buckner)

He’s trying to avoid a foul and his team is rolling, but still: we like it when LeBron James goes for chasedown blocks! Remember when he used to do that?

(Via TSN)

Russell Westbrook’s like “well, I’ve got this mask on now, so I can just smash my face into the rim and nothing will go wrong”

He dunked so hard he had to readjust it!

Nononononononono

I assume they were talking about Russell Westbrook? I’m pretty sure Westbrook’s mask doesn’t have facial features like that. I’m very upset.

An early 16-0 run put Houston out in front, and the Rockets stayed there, at one point even leading by 18. With 10:32 left in the game, Houston held a 15-point lead. The game looked to be over.

With the loss, which was perfectly summed up afterwards by General Manager Daryl Morey (see below), Houston fell to 41-19. The team, though, is still in third place in the Western Conference.