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eryday pregame,” he said.

Same spot. And, he said, usually the same result.

“So, I definitely feel confident in shooting that shot,” he said.

DO-IT-YOURSELF

Westbrook had a doubledouble by halftime but didn’t get his triple-double until feeding Semaj Christon in the right corner for a 3-pointer that pulled the Thunder to 101-91 with more than four minutes left.

With his 10th assist and his record in the books — after four tries at that final assist — Westbrook took care of the scoring himself the rest of the way.

He followed a pair of layups with six free throws — half of them coming after Nikola Jokic was whistled for a flagrant foul and a technical — then added another layup.

“It was like a video game,” Christon said. “I loved watching it.”

Westbrook’s bucket was his last.

“Pure adrenaline, emotions running high, gamewinning shot, it is something you dream about as a little kid to be able to do that on the road especially from that distance,” Westbrook said. “It is something you definitely will never forget.”

TAKING OVER

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Westbrook scored the game’s final eight points overall as Denver’s shooters went cold when one more bucket would have iced it.

“I give him credit, he is a hell of a player and an MVP candidate,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “(But) I really feel that we lost this game. Our turnovers in the fourth quarter, we had six turnovers for 10 points. Down the stretch, we had a lack of poise, lack of execution, we picked up a technical foul. Everything that could go wrong went wrong.”

HOT AND COLD

Danilo Gallinari scored 22 of his season-high 34 points in the third quarter to lead the Nuggets, who were hoping to take the race with Portland for the final Western Conference playoff spot down to the final two games.

But Gallo didn’t score at all in the fourth quarter, when the Nuggets managed just 14 points.

WAIT FOR IT

Westbrook nearly had his 10th assist with two minutes left in the third quarter but Enes Kanter lost the handle going up for the basket and Westbrook took a seat until the fourth quarter.

Upon his return, Westbrook again fed Kanter, who took several steps on his way to the basket and was whistled for traveling with 8:20 left.

With the crowd again on its feet anticipating history, Westbrook passed to Domatas Sabonis, whose jumper rimmed out at 7:16. Sabonis missed another short jumper with 5:39 left that would have given Westbrook the record.

Finally, Westbrook fed Christon for the 3-pointer to put Roberton’s record to rest.

“He always tells us, if you’re open, shoot the ball,” Christon said of Westbrook. “I was open and let it go.”