Russell Westbrook tears meniscus in right knee, will have surgery, no return timetable set

               Russell Westbrook needs knee surgery. 
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook will undergo surgery in the coming days to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, the team announced Friday. No timetable has yet been set for his return to the court.

The Thunder say Westbrook suffered the tear during the second quarter of Oklahoma City's 105-102 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. The team did not specify when exactly the tear occurred.
At the 5:34 mark of the quarter, Westbrook hit the deck after Rockets guard Patrick Beverley tried to steal the ball as Westbrook was calling a timeout, and Westbrook came up limping:


He did not leave the game after the play — in fact, he assisted on a Thabo Sefolosha 3-pointer, picked up a steal and scored an end-to-end layup immediately after the timeout — and finished with 29 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win.