Westbrook had 23 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Thunder (20-9). Guard Gary Harris tied a career-high with 21, and centre Nikola Jokic had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Denver (11-17). Oklahoma City rested their starters for most of the fourth quarter and had 8 players come off their bench, with all of them recording at least 2 points. “We’re all different players, you know what I mean?”
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He started two games earlier this season, against Atlanta and at Houston, when Mariota was recovering from the left knee injury. Mariota’s first game back from injury was his second-best of the season, a four-touchdown outing in a win over the Saints.
Westbrook, Durant and Ibaka sat out the fourth quarter. They defeated the Nuggets 111-107 in Denver on Tuesday night. Dwyane Wade missed a 14-footer, and after Andre Drummond missed a pair of free throws at the other end and the Heat got the ball back with 1.1 seconds left, Bosh missed a jumper as time expired.
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His overall accuracy lingered below 30 percent and his three-point shooting was around a subterranean 20 percent. “We did a good job”. Bryant, who is the all-time leading scorer in All-Star history (280 points), is chasing his 18th All-Star Game, which would leave him one shy of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record 19 All-Star appearances. This is the sixth straight victory for the Thunder over the Lakers.
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Things didn’t slow down for the Thunder in the third quarter, and opened the frame on a 22-to-0 run to take a 79-46 lead. The veteran has gradually found his rhythm with the season going and helped the Lakers pull away with a win with a season-high 31 points. By then, Oklahoma City held a commanding 79-48 advantage. “I don’t want to be looked at as a softie”. Their intensity was at a different level.
“We just can’t get to that (intensity) level right now”.
LOS ANGELES_Kobe Bryant had a feeling this would happen.
Durant is perhaps the most likely answer to all three of those questions – a reality that Bryant fully understands, and no doubt serves as justification for his words of inspiration to the Thunder’s 27-year-old superstar. However, the Thunder closed on a 14-2 spurt for a 57-46 cushion at the break.
Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, left, shoots past Los Angeles Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr. during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015. They can also vote on NBA.com, through the NBA App (available on Android and iOS), SMS text and social media networks including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, as well as via Sina Weibo and Tencent Microblogs in China.
“I can still play a little bit”, he said with a wry smile.
That’s an understatement, according to Scott.
NOTES: Defense sparked the Thunder’s recent run. Anthony Brown got some more minutes in this game with Randle sitting out, although Brown was just 1 for 6 with 2 points, 3 boards and 3 assists. Only twice had the opposition reached the 100-point mark…. Technically, for a few reasons, season tickets being one of them, the Lakers were the home team. He stopped taking a ridiculous amount of 3-pointers (“only” six per game in the recent stretch), hitting them at a decent amount, 33.3%.
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The initial 2016 All-Star votes are in and the retiring Kobe Bryant (719,235 votes) of the Los Angeles Lakers leads 2nd placer – Steph Curry (510,202 votes) of the Golden State Warriors by more than 200,000 votes.
