It's hard to believe that Russell Westbrook is now on his third NBA franchise since departing Oklahoma City in 2019, having gone one-and-done in Houston and Washington. But Westbrook's latest destination, the Los Angeles Lakers, might give the longtime, beloved Thunder player his best shot in years at an NBA title.Then again, if last Wednesday was any indication, the Lakers have a lot of work to do.True, LA played the game without "Space Jam" star LeBron James. But between Westbrook, Anthony Davis, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Rajon Rondo and DeAndre Jordan, you would expect the Lakers to have more than enough knowledge, size and experience to sleepwalk through this Thunder roster.At first, it seemed that would be the case. Oklahoma City went down big in the first, trailing 41-19 after one quarter and giving up 12 points to The Brow, Davis. In the second quarter, LAIn the second quarter, LA earned its largest lead of the game at 26 points. For the Lakers, it was all downhill from there."It's a 48-minute game," the Thunder's Twitter account said after the contest, "we used all of 'em."While factually accurate, that statement implies that it took OKC until the game's final moments to erase that 26-point deficit. It did not. The Thunder punched Los Angeles in the mouth to start the second half, following their 37-point second with a 41-point third, matching LA's first-quarter total.Oklahoma City actually took the lead at the very end of the third quarter, going up 97-95 on a 3-pointer by — who else? — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who paced OKC with 27 points for the night. It was the only lead change of the ballgame; Oklahoma City held off LA throughout the fourth quarter and sealed the deal late.And that's where the fun really began: After Darius Bazley stole a last-second inbounds pass and dunked hard to up the Thunder lead, Westbrook took exception to the supposed showboating and had to be restrained by Gilgeous-Alexander and Lu Dort, screaming "Don't do that!" repeatedly in Bazley's direction.He was T'd up for the second time and ejected from the game, capping an altogether topsy-turvy night for the Thunder and their returning former star.After the game, Westbrook said he took exception because of his "old school" mentality."There's certain things you don't do in sports," he said. "Game already over and I didn't like it. Simple as that."Head Coach Mark Daigneault took responsibility ...