After getting fouled by Kris Humphries on a drive to the basket with 54.2 seconds left in the second quarter, Durant limped a bit and grabbed at the back of his left leg.
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The Thunder have won 9 straight at home over the Suns. Phoenix is trying to avoid back-to-back losses for the first time this season after falling at home to the Detroit Pistons 100-92 on Friday. The D.C. native’s return carried great interest as his only visit to the city prior to his pending unrestricted free agency this summer. And I wouldn’t like that if I was on that team. The eight-year veteran is averaging 30.1 points per game this season.
Kevin Durant will sit out the second half against the Washington Wizards with a hamstring strain, according to Howard Beck. “It’s, ‘let’s make a play, and then I’ll pass it, ‘ instead of making a play and knowing that you’re going to be able to pass it here and there”. “I didn’t like that, but it comes with it nowadays”. “With the way they fastbreak, you can’t turn the ball over because it’s easy layups”.
What’s hurting the Wizards the most are spot up plays, those possessions that end in a catch-and-shoot or catch-and-drive play.
However, after past year, Durant’s latest setback is going to cause everyone to hold their breath and hope for the best. “I didn’t like that”, Durant said.
With the Wizards playing the old wait and see approach with Beal, he has only gotten out to his best start ever and is playing his best basketball ever.
Between the high turnover rate and sub-standard shooting percentages, many are down on Knight, seeing him as more of a booby prize than a worthy replacement after last season’s trade-deadline drama. He knows that Russell Westbrook is a big time player and they’ve been close to achieving their main goal before so him staying wouldn’t be a surprise.
Well, no one. While the inconsistency shown by the Suns thus far is frustrating, seven games is just too small a sample size to accurately – or fairly – project a season for either a team or a player. There’s a new coach to get used to in Billy Donovan, and a title to chase from now until June. They point out that the Wizards could not offer anyone better than Russell Westbrook. Although they didn’t necessarily endorse KD’s recruitment, they ran a sponsored weather report on the JumboTron at the Verizon Center in the middle of a Thunder/Wizards game that featured a photoshopped picture of KD wearing a Washington jersey.
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Oklahoma City, however, clawed its way back on top behind Waiters.
