Oklahoma City was holding a slim lead. Just getting in the starting five and hearing your name before the game is something nobody’s going to take away from me.
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Westbrook dropped 41 points as OKC edged a tight game which was tied 59-59 at half-time. Some nights it may be early, some nights it may be late.
Not even a minute into the game, the referees chose to hand out technicals for players jockeying for position. “If something is working, I keep doing it”. Russell Westbrook got off to a slow start but turned it around in the second half, messing around for a 17-point, 19-rebound, 17-assist triple-double. Julius Randle punched in another double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. “But I stayed in attack mode and tried to help us win”.
Enes Kanter seems to be back to his old self scoring 20 points off the bench in his second game back from a broken arm. Steven Adams and Alex Abrines each had 13 points for the Thunder.
The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs had National Basketball Association wins thanks to their stars.
Good things take time, and the same applies to the new Pelicans’ roster. It’s about him having the kind of players he can make better. “You have to give them credit”.
A day after the Twin Span connection combined to make just 8 of 17 free throws, the duo was a ideal 21-21 against the Thunder.
New addition DeMarcus Cousins have been ineffective so far as the team suffered two consecutive defeats.
Westbrook did have nine turnovers as well but that doesn’t come as much of a shock to anyone. Gibson scored 12 points and McDermott added eight, even though they arrived Thursday night and weren’t even available for shootaround on Friday. They were called for 10 personal fouls total, with Cousins fouling out at the 2:38 mark of the 4th quarter.
“Obviously, all we have to do is step up”, Holiday said.
With 1:41 left, the Pelicans had the ball and trailed by four. Despite all the hype following the trade, New Orleans has fallen to both the Rockets and Mavericks coming out of the break and neither outcome has been all that close. He scored 19 points and grabbed six rebounds.
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Gibson said it doesn’t really matter if the game is physical or technical foul-filled (the Thunder and Pelicans combined for five technicals).
