Chances of winning They have no real shot of winning a championship but they are a lock to make their opponents sweat. Westbrook not only plays at a high intensity but figures into a very high percentage of the Thunder’s possessions, something analytics experts calls usage rate. Given that inescapable fact, perhaps the first rule of sportsmanship is to afford defeat the same respect as victory. r, before progressing to strength and conditioning coach and then head of athletic development.