Thunder ball boy threatened to kill me after Russell Westbrook injury: Patrick Beverley

Patrick Beverley’s ominous historical past with Russell Westbrook included one scary twist.

On “The Pat Bev Podcast” Tuesday, Beverley recalled the notorious Westbrook harm within the 2013 NBA playoffs, when his Rockets confronted the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder in Sport 2 of their first-round sequence.

Beverley claimed that a Thunder ball boy threatened to kill him over a controversial play that noticed him dive into Westbrook’s knee, ensuing within the Thunder guard struggling a torn meniscus that ended his season. On the time, Westbrook was calling a timeout within the second quarter, when Beverley tried to steal the ball and inadvertently made contact along with his knee.

The second launched their years-long beef, which they resolved when Beverley joined Westbrook on the Lakers in August.

“I had a ball boy threaten to kill me over the Russell Westbrook harm,” Beverley advised co-host, Rone, and visitor Dave Portnoy on the Barstool pod. “I don’t know what the f–ok the magnitude of OKC is, I’m simply attempting to win a f–king basketball sport.”

Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder handles the ball forward of Patrick Beverley #12 of the Houston Rockets throughout Sport 2 of the 2013 NBA Playoffs.

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Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder after a leg harm throughout Sport 2 of the Western Convention Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs towards the Rockets.

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Beverley stated when he received again to Houston, his coach on the time, Kevin McHale, warned him to “be careful for the media” as a result of the harm was a “huge story.”

“I get to OKC the following sport, the law enforcement officials in entrance,” Beverley stated. “They put a police automobile in entrance of my home in Houston. I get to the resort, I’m on the ground on my own. Police man on the door. I received out within the morning for a tea or espresso at Starbucks, police man with me. They passing out papers of a younger man’s face … he threatened to kill me. This s–t was actual.”

Regardless of the severity of the state of affairs, Beverley admitted that he didn’t really feel worry.

“I want I might have bumped into his ass. I might have beat the s–t,” Beverley stated.

The Thunder, the highest seed within the Western Convention that season, would go on to win the sequence in six video games behind Kevin Durant. However their championship hopes would finish within the subsequent spherical, taken out by the Grizzlies in 5 video games.

Beverley and Westbrook had dangerous blood for years after Westbrook underwent surgical procedure to restore a torn meniscus in his proper knee. They might go on to trade jabs in press conferences and on social media earlier than they united as Lakers teammates in August.

Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder on crutches after surgical procedure for a torn meniscus he suffered in Sport 1 of the primary spherical of the 2013 NBA Playoffs.

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Laker guards Patrick Beverley, left, and Russell Westbrook speak throughout a break within the motion of a sport towards the Clippers at Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles on Nov. 9, 2022.

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In his introductory press convention, Beverley stated the pair had been figuring out collectively and have been one of the best of buddies, including that he was wanting ahead to having robust conversations with the previous league MVP. 

The 2 look like getting alongside as Beverley continues to gel with the workforce, and Westbrook acclimates to a sixth man function. 

The Lakers are 3-10 heading into a house sport towards the Pistons on Friday.