Russell Westbrook gives explicit 'job' description after helping Nuggets to overtime playoff win

Russell Westbrook may not be his triple-double machine MVP self anymore but on Saturday night he turned back the clock Westbrook hit a key -pointer late in regulation and made the game-saving play with seconds left in overtime when he forced a turnover to give the Denver Nuggets a - win in Meeting of the first round of the playoffs against his former Los Angeles Clippers Westbrook has done just about everything there is to do for a Hall of Fame resume the -year-old is a nine-time All-Star MVP two-time scoring champ three-time assist leader and averaged a triple-double four times CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMExcept win a title But his mentality and self-proclaimed job description could help him check off that final box My job is to excuse my language f--k s--t up he announced after the contest That's who he is MVP contender Nikola Jokic explained after watching Westbrook hit an uncontested corner -pointer to give Denver a two-point lead late in regulation and then knocking the inbounds pass away from and off of former teammate James Harden with seconds left in overtime to help seal Denver's win over the Los Angeles Clippers PACERS RACE PAST BUCKS - TO TAKE - LEAD IN FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF SERIES Russ is Russ interim coach David Adelman disclosed after improving to - Defensively he's absolutely incredible He was playing free safety out there I thought a lot of the reasons why the turnovers happened even if it wasn't him forcing it was just the way he was roaming around and impacting the encounter And then offensively he attacked Adelman commented We maybe could have pulled it out and executed But that's what Russ does I don't think he's going to change after years If he sees somebody in front of him -on- he's going to attack And then he made an enormous Jokic scored points and finished one rebound shy of a triple-double Aaron Gordon added points and Jamal Murray as the Nuggets overcame a -point first-half deficit to power past the hottest unit entering the playoffs The No seed Clippers' loss was their first since March at Cleveland They rolled into the playoffs having won of including their last eight Challenge is Monday night back in Denver who made the shocking move of firing Michael Malone less than two years after winning a title and a week before the playoffs began The Associated Press contributed to this description Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter