Russell Westbrook has been known to confront fans in the past if he’s heard something from them that he doesn’t like or something a lot worse that shouldn’t be shouted by anyone.
We don’t have any context at the moment for the video below, but it went viral after Westbrook and the Los Angeles Clippers won their first game against the Phoenix Suns in the teams’ postseason first-round matchups.
It shows Westbrook confronting a Suns fan and telling him “Watch your mouth, mother[expletive]” before he heads on to the Footprint Center floor.
Perhaps we’ll find out more before Game 2 about how this happened and what was said:
@wojespn Seems reasonable for a halftime fan engagement pic.twitter.com/77F82mXMDh
— Blake Christopher (@BCH66223) April 17, 2023
How did the guard get so close to a fan? It turns out this is a shortcut for visiting players:
I'm sure you've seen the Russell Westbrook/#Suns fan interaction by now, but visiting players have been going through the club area to the visiting lockerroom all season.
It's been used as a short cut to the visiting lockerroom. #ClipperNation #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/HGpOUu0105
— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) April 17, 2023
