Are Westbrook And Durant The Best Scoring Duo In NBA History?

Throughout the years, the NBA has seen some great duos: Jordan and Pippen, Shaq and Kobe, The Twin Towers, Lebron and D-Wade, The Splash Brothers, and of course Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. All of these duos, as well as many more throughout the league are incredible. Each has their own unique quality that puts them ahead of others, but, in my OPINION, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant are the best scoring duo to ever play in the NBA. While every other duo listed above was able to make to the Finals and get a ring, Westbrook and Durant have still accomplished great feats. One might argue that the reason Westbrook and Durant haven't yet won a ring is due to the fact that they haven't really had a supporting cast to score points while they are either injured or resting on the bench. In 2012, the Thunder had probably their best chance at winning the championship after making it to the NBA Finals with James Harden coming off the bench, but because former head coach Scott Brooks refused to give Harden a chance to start, the Thunder were unable to beat the Miami Heat. Since then, Westbrook, Durant, and Harden have all improved marginally. Durant won the MVP in the 2013-2014 season, and both Westbrook and Harden had the best seasons of their career last year. Until OKC can sign some actual scorers who can perform well even when Durant and Westbrook are out, I am sad to say their chances of actually winning a title are very small. Regardless of their current championship status, I still believe that KD and Russ are the best scoring duo to ever play the game. In all of NBA History, two NBA teammates have both scored 40 points in the same game only ten times since the NBA-ABA merger. This is quite an accomplishing feat, and because of this, no duo has ever done it more than once...except for Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. To accomplish this amazing task twice is unbelievable, except that they haven't done it twice, they've done it three times. After putting up a combined 91 points in a double-overtime win over the Magic in Orlando, Westbrook and Durant provided further evidence of just how dominant these two are. Further proof of how great these two are at scoring is that in the last six years, either Durant or Westbrook won the scoring title in five of the six years, with Durant winning four and Westbrook winning last year's. These two are exceptional performers who can both shoot the ball well, and make clutch plays when their team needs it. I honestly believe that no other duo in NBA history has ever been better at scoring than Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, and I really don't think there will ever be a duo that can score as well as these two.