He was more focused on the fact they held on. Russell Westbrook talked about his play recently and said, “It’s just attack mode”. The point guard sprinted down the court and nailed a miraculous three-point shot to bring the score within three points with 12 seconds left. “I give our guys a lot of credit for really hanging in there”. “That was just the difference in the game”.
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The Thunder failed to make the playoffs previous year with Durant limited to just 27 games due to a foot injury that required three surgeries.
“Yeah, I’ve been there”, Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, a longtime friend – and fellow Maryland native – said. “No KD out there. We did the best we could”. Waiters, who finished with 16 points, missed all six 3-pointers. Then, a D.J. Augustin layup was quickly erased by threes on consecutive possessions by Derrick Williams to put the Knicks up 82-66 at 8:53.
An Oklahoma City Thunder superstar was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame recently.
Westbrook got the ball to a wide-open Serge Ibaka in the corner.
It was originally called a flagrant foul on Afflalo, but the refs reviewed it and called it a common foul. Westbrook made both free throws to cut New York’s lead to 89-85.
Westbrook fouled Anthony, and he grimaced and tried to stretch out his right arm before shooting the free throws. He missed both with 32.2 seconds left.
Anthony knows a thing or two about being a highly-sought after free agent. Westbrook missed a 3-pointer, and Waiters tracked down the ball in the backcourt before missing as time expired.
“I think the Thunder are a case study in how you want to see a league operate where it ultimately becomes about competition and to manage the best franchise, as opposed to competition based on the depth of the owner’s pockets or the size of the market”, Silver said. It’s just more reps and being in that situation and guys feeling more comfortable out there.
Anthony seems to think Durant will return to OKC when all is said and done. “This whole stage couldn’t fit everybody in Oklahoma, so I appreciate the love that you’ve showed my family and I”, he said.
And hopefully we’ll be here next year for Russell Westbrook’s induction.
The Celtics shot 62 percent in the first half and ran away with the game in the second quarter when they went 18-for-21 from the field (86 percent) and closed with a 26-7 run. The starters sank 23 of 66….
Prior to the game, Thunder fans, including myself, were drooling at the thought of Westbrook going up against Jose Calderon. The improvement on the road has been unbelievable for the Knicks, as they won only seven games on the road, two of which came on their last road games of the season. Langston Galloway, who entered the game leading the National Basketball Association in 3-point percentage, went 1 of 2 from long range….
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OKC scored 52 points in the paint to the Knicks’ 16. He had a season-high 24 points and 14 rebounds against the Pelicans while topping the 30-minute mark for the first time in 2015-16. “It’s still a learning process for him but tonight was a big game, a big way to step up and take control of the game offensively, knock down shots, be aggressive out there, and I’m pretty sure it’ll be the first of many”, Anthony told reporters Tuesday.
