With veteran Kevin Durant and MVP Russell Westbrook, the Oklahoma City Thunder had been pegged as one of the most formidable basketball squads this season. He had a triple double last night with 22points 11rebounds and 11 assists. Looking at our game in Atlanta, when we got them 5-on-5 in the half court, we were pretty good, defensively-4-on-2 we weren’t real good, 3-on-1 we weren’t really good.
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Ryan Anderson had a huge impact off the bench as he dropped 25 points on 10 of 16 shooting, while Anthony Davis, Eric Gordon, Ish Smith and Toney Douglas scored 17 points apiece.
“We’re not taking any pride in it”, Wittman said.
Davis helped the Pelicans (1-6) build an 18-point halftime lead that never dipped below 14 points even after he left. In that time span, the Thunder plays five games (vs. Philadelphia, vs. Boston, at Memphis, vs. New Orleans, and vs. New York).
The Cavs trailed by as many as nine in the final period – before James stole a pass, dribbled the length of the floor, drawing a foul as he powered to the basket, and converted the three-point play that energised his team. Read on to discover our top three picks for Durant’s destination in 2016.
Meanwhile, a few early foul trouble got Turkish center Enes Kanter into the game early. Washington has allowed at least 113 points in five of seven games, after having seven such games (that ended in regulation) all of last season.
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“It’s unfortunate, but it’s a part of the game”, Durant said. Leave it up to fate to decide if Durant will play in D.C. next year. That, and the fact that the Thunder were eviscerating the Washington Wizards at the time of this writing, should give Thunder fans a little bit of optimism that, if the injury is minor, the Thunder should be fine in his absence. The startlingly tepid arena for a prime matchup never got a chance to really show that it could outkick the coverage. Beal continues to develop into one of the great shooters in the league – his shot is so clean you wouldn’t be mistaken for thinking he was reminiscent of a young Ray Allen. Meanwhile, Serge Ibaka was taking advantage of Kris Humphries.
