Russell Westbrook sat out Wednesday's game at the Portland Trail Blazers due to a back issue. The Los Angeles Lakers lost the game to a depleted Blazers team.
Westbrook was asked about the back issue on Friday.
"It comes and goes," said Westbrook. "I'm not accustomed to sitting down for long stretches and getting up and then like moving quickly. It kind of stiffens up a little bit, and then kind of moving into the next night, I woke up, same thing, just kind of real [stiff]. And so for me that's triggered from some other places on my body, maybe my hips and different things so I want to make sure that I'm doing all the proper things and making sure I can stay healthy and be my best for my teammates when I'm on the floor."