Coming off the bench has brought back some semblance of vintage Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook’s first season in L.A. was an unmitigated failure. He was plugged into a lineup of non-shooters including LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and a confusing mix of ill-fitting pieces. Of Rob Pelinka’s misfit toys, though, nobody took last season’s debacle harder on the chin than Westbrook.

Westbrook’s inaugural campaign in L.A. resulted in his worst…