Russell Westbrook is simply unbelievable

Is there a triple-double record Russell Westbrook doesn’t now own or is now threatening to own? On Wednesday Westbrook registered the highest-scoring triple-double ever with 57 points against the Magic in a come-from-behind win.

With the Thunder trailing, Westbrook scored 19 in seven minutes — capped by a running three-pointer — to send it to overtime, where Magic fans chanted “M-V-P!” at Russ as he put their team to sleep.

Seriously, he’s just magical. We came into the season expecting a completely insane Westbrook season. He gave us way more than that. He’s been literally unbelievable.

ATL 99, PHI 92
OKC 114, ORL 106 (OT)
MIL 103, BOS 100
CHA 110, TOR 106
MIA 105, NYK 88
IND 97, MEM 110
DAL 118, NOP 121
GSW 110, SAS 98
WAS 124, LAC 133
UTA 112, SAC 82

Boston lost so the Cavaliers are back in the No. 1 seed by percentage points. Here’s the Malcolm Brogdon dagger that beat the Celtics. Meanwhile, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the Cavaliers and reasons to relax about the Cavaliers.

The Warriors completed an epic back-to-back, beating the Rockets and the Spurs and essentially locking up the No. 1 overall seed. In San Antonio, Golden State trailed by a bunch early, but no lead is insurmountable when you have Steph Curry and Klay Thompson. More impressively, the Warriors shut down Kawhi Leonard rather well, trapping to get the ball out of his hands. The Warriors are so complete, and Kevin Durant is still out.

Check out the Spurs’ gameplan to prevent Curry from shooting threes.

This cool Sam Amick piece is basically all you need to see to be convinced Draymond Green is the Defensive Player of the Year.

Nathaniel Friedman on the MVP race.

Remember how I said we should kill the NBA draft? Kristian Winfield tried to determine where top prospects would end up if they were free agents instead of draft picks.

Zach Lowe unleashes his annual list of the most enthralling players who aren’t All-NBA types.

Kevin Arnovitz has his annual list of the top coaching prospects.

There is a brewing Twitter rivalry between Markelle Fultz and Lonzo Ball.

Jeremy Lin’s family-inspired shoes are cool.

Meet the 2017 McDonald’s All-Americans!

Good news on the Lamar Odom front.

It’s retro week in Indiana, as the Pacers decided to bring back Lance Stephenson on a three-year deal that is more like a rental for the rest of the season and a guaranteed contract for next year. The Pacers made the deal by waiving Rodney Stuckey, who needed to be cut by the end of the regular season to remove his 2017-18 salary from the books. It’s almost like signing a folk hero is ... a cover-up to distract from the fact that the Pacers are cutting salary in a playoff chase?