Westbrook has had three knee surgeries, something that the Thunder surely factor into determining how they manage his minutes. Butler scored 10 straight points to put the Bulls back in front early in the fourth, the first of three lead changes in the fourth quarter. &E Networks, and some aspects of that deal (particularly streaming of games that aren’t on cable) seem unsettled just a couple of days before league action kicks off Saturday. But for a journalist whose career revolves around using Twitter for contacts for stories, connection.