Wednesday’s game between the Rockets and Cavaliers featured a reunion between Houston guard Russell Westbrook and Cleveland forward Kevin Love, who played college basketball together in the 2007-08 season at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Westbrook and Love were roommates off the court and stars on it, leading the Bruins to the NCAA Final Four that year. With each now 31 years old, they remain close friends to this day.
But their stint as roommates on road trips didn’t come without normal disagreements. In a light-hearted interview at Houston’s practice, Westbrook told AT&T SportsNet Southwest‘s Cayleigh Griffin that they argued over what temperature to keep their room at overnight.
When Griffin mentioned that she had heard they bickered over room temperature, the former NBA MVP responded with a smile:
Damn right we did. … Kevin likes the room really, really cold, and I hate it. If I was asleep, Kevin used to sneak to the therometer and turn it up really cold. And when he was asleep, I would go put it at 80 [degrees].
I hate being cold. That’s one of my pet peeves. We used to go back and forth about it all year long. Either I was waking up freezing, or he was waking up in a bed full of sweat. It’s something that we joke about now, but it was definitely something we did each road trip.
If you are just getting home from work, here is a what you missed on #Rockets Pregame@cayleighgriffin talked with @russwest44 about his former @UCLAMBB teammate and roommate @kevinlove
About the battle at what temperature to keep their room at
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/QzwKnk8J9e— AT&T SportsNet SW (@ATTSportsNetSW) December 12, 2019
Both Westbrook and Love have since become All-Star players in the NBA. Westbrook helped lead the Rockets in Wednesday’s win at Cleveland with 23 points (45% shooting), seven rebounds, six assists, and four steals, while Love had 17 points (57.1% shooting) and 11 rebounds for the Cavs.
Perhaps best of all for both men, NBA road trips allow all players to have separate rooms and to control their own thermostats.
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