If you were wondering how long it would take for some member of the Oklahoma City Thunder to take a shot at Patrick Beverley as a measure of retaliation for the Houston Rockets guard's role in the play that injured Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, necessitating right knee surgery that will keep him out for the rest of the season, the answer was 28 seconds. And the retaliator, of course, was Kendrick Perkins, Oklahoma City's veteran center, Kevin Garnett's former disciple and the Thunder's current "traffic cop."

On OKC's first possession of the game, Perkins directed Beverley right into a hard, unmistakeable, illegal screen at half-court:

After air-balling a potential game-tying 3-point attempt in the closing seconds of Game 3, Brooklyn Nets point guard C.J. Watson had a chance to all but nail down a Game 4 win over the Chicago Bulls by extending Brooklyn's lead to 16 points with less than 3 1/2 minutes to go in the fourth quarter.

Instead, this happened:

Things just aren't going C.J. Watson's way in Chicago, man.

If the clip above isn't rocking for you, please feel free to check it out elsewhere, thanks to Beyond the Buzzer.

Hey, Nate Robinson: Head's up.

"Hey, thanks, man," said noted NateRob combatant and Nets teammate C.J. Watson to Gerald Wallace (probably).

"Hey, thanks, man," Robinson DEFINITELY didn't say to Luol Deng, Wallace's man, whose responsibility it was to let Robinson know he was running into his total destruction.

"Cool," said New York Knicks forward Steve Novak (probably).

Video via Beyond the Buzzer.

Other popular content on Yahoo! Sports:
• Thunder's Russell Westbrook out for season after knee surgery
• New Cardinals DB Tyrann Mathieu continues to raise red flags
• Shane Larkin bolts Miami for NBA draft
• Former NHL GM sues internet trolls

And here you thought all Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau ever talked about was rebounding, blowing up pick-and-rolls and taking away corner 3s. Nah, man. Sometimes he's smooth.

Luckily for the Brooklyn Nets, referee Tony Brothers seems unsusceptible to Thibs' rakish wiles — the Nets took only three more free throws than the Bulls (17 to 14) in the first half of Saturday afternoon's Game 4, and Chicago leads Brooklyn 58-55 at the break. Let us never doubt the integrity of NBA officials again!

Video via CBSSports.com's Zach Harper.

Other popular content on Yahoo! Sports:
• Thunder's Russell Westbrook out for season after knee surgery
• Toronto Raptors reportedly mulling offer to Phil Jackson
• Chargers give Manti Te'o chance to start fresh
• Owner Jeffrey Loria further alienates Marlins, fans with lineup mandate

Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook will miss the remainder of the postseason after undergoing successful surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee, the team announced Saturday.

[Also: Patrick Beverly not apologizing for Russell Westbrook's injury]

Rehab will begin immediately following the surgery, which took place at the Stedman Clinic in Vail, Colo., according to the Thunder. No timetable has yet been established for his return; a timeline will be determined during the offseason, the team said.

The Thunder announced the tear Friday, saying that Westbrook suffered the injury during the second quarter of Oklahoma City's 105-102 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 2 of their first-round series. The team had previously held out hope that Westbrook would be able to return before the end of the playoffs, as Westbrook's tear was reportedly considered to be minimal, according to Yahoo! Sports NBA columnist Adrian Wojnarowski. But the choice to repair the tear rather than remove the meniscus will require a longer recovery period that will prevent Westbrook from returning, according to Thunder general manager Sam Presti.

Take it easy, Ronny. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

"... basketball was almost taken away from me, so to be able to live my life and be able to play basketball is definitely fun." Even the part where you have to knock over a member of the Memphis Grizzlies, run and dive on the floor, and get piled on by a bunch of other dudes doing the same thing, apparently. I don't know that I share every aspect of Ronny Turiaf's definition of fun, but I love that the definition works for him. (That Grizzly might not like it so much, though.)

Best caption wins bouncing balls for you, Ronny and everyone ele to have fun chasing, shooting and destroying. Good luck.

In our last adventure: New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson sings from the diaphragm.

Russell Westbrook needs knee surgery. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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 Beverley's pocket 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. Westbrook had averaged 24 points, seven assists, 6.5 rebounds and three steals per game in the series, which the Thunder lead 2-0.

Jerry Stackhouse celebrates another successful cyber-serving. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Jerry Stackhouse has had a pretty rough start to the 2013 NBA playoffs. He's just 1 for 10 in 24 minutes of playing time through the first three games of his Brooklyn Nets' best-of-seven series with the Chicago Bulls, and he's missed all seven of his 3-point attempts, which is especially damaging considering his primary role this year has been to spot up from the short corners to help provide spacing in a Brooklyn offense that has been dreadful for two straight games. It's been established that Player Efficiency Rating isn't a perfect encapsulation of a player's overall contribution during his time on the court, but in Stackhouse's case, his placement on the PER charts this postseason — -9.6, nearly 25 points below the league average of 15, dead last among 150 qualifying players — sounds about right.

And it's not just that he's missing shots — it's that he's missing them badly. More specifically, he's missing everything — five of his nine misses from the floor have been airballs, including one of his three tries in Thursday's 79-76 Game 3 loss. Apparently, Utah Jazz point guard Mo Williams noticed.

[Also: Bulls win ugly against Brooklyn]

Stackhouse might lead the playoffs in air balls. Smh

— Mo Williams (@mowilliams) April 26, 2013

And, apparently, Williams wasn't the only one who noticed.