I noticed a lot of fans on here view Russ's game last night as good overall based on his boxscore & his highlights. Over his career, I've found a lot of his mistakes & deficiencies don't show up in the boxscore or is hard to notice. I debate this with Westbrook fans all the time. I want to show a few clips from the final 2 min of reg. and some of OT, and curious to know what yall think.

https://streamable.com/btaz8c Here, Russ (top of your screen) switches on to Fox who comes from the corner. It's a poor effort switch and little effort to stay in front of Fox. I can't blame Russ too much on this since it'd be hard for any player to guard Fox in this action

https://streamable.com/xe3ksl Here, Russ initially is gaurding Monk (top of your screen). When Monk leaves the top corner to help relieve ball pressure on Fox, Russ just stays there, gaurding nobody. THIS is classic Russ. This leaves Powell trying to guard Sabonis in the paint and Murray in the corner, which is literally impossible to do. Russ recognizes this and tells Powell to cover Sabonis, but its too late as Sabonis gets the pass and layup.

https://streamable.com/yhnael Russ gaurds the inbounder, Monk (bottom of your screen). When Monk inbounds, he runs to the opposite corner to spot up for 3. AGAIN, Russ just stops guarding his man, leaving Monk open to hit a huge 3. I think he thought Powell would switch on to him, but there's no reason to switch, and you can't just do that without communicating on defense.

https://streamable.com/lj828f Russ is at the top of your screen spotting up, Paul George has the ball with 5 seconds left looking to hit a gamewinner. Russ didn't do anything wrong here, but because of his inability to shoot, the defender just leaves him to double Paul. This is going to happen a lot because Russ is a horrible shooter, especially in the playoffs.

Of course, there were many good things Russ did in this game as well, pushing the pace, attacking the basket, getting teammates involved. The question has always been, does his good outweigh his bad. Curious to know everyone's thoughts.

Edit: Shouldve expected some of these comments. To be clear, Im not trying to hate on Russ. There are already many posts showing how he was good, and I agree with them. Im showing the other side that you wouldn't notice unless you did a breakdown like this. And I dont notice any other player having regular defensive breakdowns like Russ does. So Im just asking, how does his good compare with his bad?