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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Russell Westbrook wasnt entirely pleased with his 51-point triple-double two nights earlier, so he adjusted his approach.Westbrook still scored 33 points as part of another triple-double, but he focused more on his role as a facilitator on Sunday. He had 16 assists to go with 12 rebounds, helping the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Lakers 113-96 to remain undefeated.Westbrook took a career-high 44 shots against Phoenix on Friday, and he criticized himself for it afterward. This time, he made 11 of 21 field goals.I thought we did a good job of running the offense, letting it work for us, he said. Getting better shots, easy shots, and it worked out for us.According to the Thunder, Westbrook joined Magic Johnson, Jerry Lucas and Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA history with two triple-doubles in the first three games of a season. He now averages 38.7 points, 12.3 rebounds and 11.7 assists.He had a masterful game tonight -- the way he was getting everyone involved, shooting when the shots were there and playmaking for teammates, Lakers coach Luke Walton said. When we were aggressive on him, he showed today why hes one of the top point guards in the world.The Thunder have won 20 straight regular-season games when Westbrook registers a triple-double. He clinched this one, the 39th of his career, in the third quarter.Thats standard for him, Thunder center Steven Adams said. Hes a freak.Victor Oladipo added 20 points for the Thunder.DAngelo Russell and Julius Randle each scored 20 points for the Lakers.The Thunder led 58-46 at halftime, but the Lakers chipped away and pulled to 77-71 by the end of the third quarter.A putback dunk by Enes Kanter and a steal and dunk by Oladipo pushed Oklahoma Citys lead to 10 in the first minute of the fourth.The Lakers tried to hang tough. Nick Young made a 3-pointer to trim Oklahoma Citys lead to 95-91 with just under five minutes remaining. Adams scored in close, and Westbrook followed with a fast break dunk after a steal by Adams to put the Thunder back in control for good.The biggest part was we had Russ, Adams said. Russ did an amazing job of just controlling us as players, and then we got everything we wanted because he was scoring the basket, and obviously, they had to overhelp.TIP-INSLakers: Randle made 5 of 6 shots in the first half, while the rest of the team made 13 of 39. ... Los Angeles shot 5 for 18 on 3s in the first half and finished 7 for 32 for the game. ... Walton was denied his first road win as Lakers coach.Thunder: Westbrook ranks second among active players behind LeBron James in triple doubles. James has 43. ... Oklahoma City had 17 assists on 23 baskets in the first half. ... Scored 34 points off 21 Lakers turnovers.STAT LINESWestbrook matched a career high with five made 3-pointers. 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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates will boycott the media because of accusations made against striker Ezequiel Lavezzi.Were here to say that we are not going to speak anymore with the press, Messi said after Tuesdays 3-0 victory over Colombia in World Cup qualifying. We receive a lot of accusations, a lot of disrespect. The accusations against Lavezzi are very serious.The boycott stems in part from a report by an Argentine journalist that Lavezzi smoked marijuana during the teams training camp.Lavezzi has said he would initiate legal proceedings against the reporter.He was not included in the squad on Tuesday, a key victory that keeps Argentina in the chase to reach the 2018 World Cup in RRussia.ddddddddddddrgentina, runner-up two years ago at the World Cup, has also been criticized for its poor play so far in World Cup qualifying.The Barcelona forward did not say how long the boycott could last. He also apologized to some reporters.Were sorry it has to be this way, but there is no other option, Messi said, flanked by teammates and holding a microphone.I know many of you arent like that, not disrespectful. You can lose or win, you can have an opinion that we played well, or we played poorly; whatever takes place on the field, but not entering into personal accusations like this. ' ' '