Blocks versus. Thunder: How Ty Lawson Could Turn Russell Westbrook Down for the Win

On Tuesday night, the Denver Nuggets will meet up with the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in OKC, and the results of the game will certainly depend on the game between Nuggets level guard Ty Lawson and Thunder swift guard Russell Westbrook. Westbrook is really a tough contender, especially with his speed, his shooting ability and his aids. The Oklahoma City guard is averaging about two more helps per game than he did last year. But, Westbrookas explosive play isn't always consistent. His percentage of.379 is a lot lower in failures, although he keeps a percentage of.463 in wins. Furthermore, when irritated by strong defensive play, Westbrook can make poor decisions. For instance, the purpose guard heaved up an excessive half-court chance with 2:29 to go in the next quarter contrary to the Spurs on March 11 while he was feeling an excessive amount of defensive pressure. Given the unpredictability of Westbrookas picture assortment and field-goal percentage, Nuggets guard Ty Lawson has to perform Westbrook close and tough defensively in order to irritate him. This can cause Westbrook to take unreasonable images and wander from his mostly realistic picture selection. Though Westbrook averages 23.4 points per game this season and Lawson just averages 16.8, his ability have been demonstrated by the Nuggets point guard to be a clutch scorer in crisis time, especially in games against Oklahoma. On March 1, Lawson covered the Nuggetsa 105-103 win over OKC with a jumper with just 0.2 seconds remaining on the clock. Furthermore, Lawson may score to match Westbrookas numbers. During Denveras 111-88 conquer Minnesota on March 9, the point guard totaled 32 items in 34 minutes of action. Lawson also has a consistently strong aid average, like Westbrook, with 7.0 helps per game for the 2012-13 season. The Thunder are coming from their eighth gain out of nine games, but the Nuggets are highly motivated to increase their winning streak to 13 games in Oklahoma City today. If Lawson can play Westbrook tough on defense, turn off his pace and cause him to get wild pictures, the Nuggets certainly have the opportunity at current within the Thunder for the next straight time in 2010.