Hearts pound, sweat pours out in buckets and hands shake during the final moments of tightly contested NBA games. Some players skillfully suppress nerves and produce when it matters most.
Others do not.
We have a name for these jumper-missing, ball-fumbling, poor-defending athletes: choke artists. They're costing their coaches sleep, their teams wins and their fans heartache.
And these are not scrubs. Players who fail to produce in normal situations and continue providing negative value in the clutch aren't relevant here.
We're eyeing the typical studs who fade away at the end of close contests.
Point Guard: Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder
As fantastic as Russell Westbrook has been while racking up triple-doubles and leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to one of the Western Conference's best records, his woes in clutch situations have prevented his squad from winning a few games. The Thunder have a significant crunch-time problem, and the point guard's inexplicably poor shooting is a primary culprit.
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