Thunder-Warriors Preview

By ANTHONY GIORNALISTA
Posted Feb 05 2010 2:10PM

Already a respected scorer entering this season, Kevin Durant is now among the elite. Matchups with the Golden State Warriors certainly haven't hurt his cause.

Leading the surging Oklahoma City Thunder, Durant can move into sole possession for the league lead in scoring with another outstanding effort against the Warriors and their porous defense Saturday night.

Durant ranked sixth in scoring with 25.3 points per game last season, his second in the NBA.

A torrid run has pushed his scoring average this season to 29.69, five-hundredths of a point behind injured Denver forward Carmelo Anthony for the league lead. Anthony (ankle) isn't expected back until next week.

Durant is averaging 32.5 points over his last 23 games, helping the Thunder (28-21) win 15 of those contests. The 21-year-old forward has scored at least 25 points in 23 straight games, a feat nobody else has reached at his age.

"He scores, leads us in rebounds, steals, blocked shots. He does a lot for us," coach Scott Brooks said.

With a season-high 45 points in a 112-104 win over Golden State on Sunday night, Durant moved past Cleveland's LeBron James to take over second place in the scoring race. That effort was two points shy of his career high, set in a 100-98 loss to New Orleans last Feb. 17.

Durant needs 32 points versus the Warriors (13-35) to move past Anthony. Durant is averaging 34.3 points and 10.1 rebounds while shooting 42.9 percent (12 for 28) from 3-point range and 94.7 percent (54 for 57) from the free throw line in his last seven games against Golden State, which is allowing a league-worst 111.5 points a contest.

Oklahoma City got 30 points from Durant as it shot a season-high 57.5 percent in a 103-99 win over the Hornets on Wednesday night for its fourth straight victory.

It was an off night, though, by Durant's recent standards. After shooting 63.8 percent in his previous three games, he was 10 for 20 from the field and tied a season high with eight turnovers.

"I've got to continue to work and get better," he said.

This game will feature two of the league's hottest scorers. Golden State's Monta Ellis ranks sixth in the league with 26.5 points per game.

Like Durant, Ellis is playing some of the best basketball of his career. The fifth-year guard set a career high with 46 points in Golden State's 110-101 loss to Dallas on Wednesday night.

Ellis, however, has not had nearly as much team success as Durant. The Warriors have matched a season high with seven straight losses, surrendering an average of 117.0 points over the last five.

"I just want to win," Ellis said. "I'm not even looking at my career high. I'm looking at what we can do to turn it around."

Ellis made 17 of 23 from the field versus the Mavericks. He went 9 for 24 last week against Oklahoma City, finishing with 25 points.

Corey Maggette led Golden State with 26 points in that contest but was held to 11 in a 104-88 loss to the Thunder on Dec. 7, the only other meeting between the teams this season.

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Thunder defense slows down Warriors in road win

By Geoff Lepper, for NBA.com
Posted Sunday February 7, 2010 2:20AM

OAKLAND (NBA.com exclusive) -- Despite having four steals by intermission, Russell Westbrook was not immune to the criticisms of Oklahoma City head coach Scott Brooks and the rest of his staff during halftime Saturday night.

"The coaches were on me," Westbrook said. "I needed to be better. . . .They just told us to come out and defend."

Westbrook responded, finishing with a career-high eight steals, and the Thunder once again showed off arguably the NBA's most improved defense, handcuffing the high-scoring Warriors in a 104-95 victory.

Oklahoma City has won five straight games, and only once in those contests has an opponent reached triple digits. Golden State shot just 42.0 percent Saturday, nearly seven points off its season average, and turned the ball over a season-worst 23 times, setting up 29 points for Oklahoma City.

Playing at their breakneck pace, the Warriors often rack up turnovers of their own accord. But Saturday, Oklahoma City forced the issue with a season-high 16 steals. Durant tied his season best with four thefts, while Westbrook's eight matched New Orleans' Chris Paul for the single-game high for any player in the league this season.

"Russell, with eight steals, it's incredible. It doesn't happen often," Brooks said. "We said it all along, he's going to keep improving, and every month, he's getting better."

Westbrook flirted with a quadruple-double before finishing with 21 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds.

"He did a great job tonight pressuring [Warriors guard Stephen] Curry and got some steals for us," Durant said. "He was able to force them into rushing passes so we could get some steals. He started it off for us, and we just followed."

Westbrook enjoyed baiting the Warriors into thinking a passing lane was open when the exact opposite was actually the case.

"People just throw the ball real lackadaisical, so I was sitting there, waiting and waiting," Westbrook said. "They'd throw it, and I'd go."

Thabo Sefolosha took on the primary assignment against Monta Ellis and helped hold the NBA's sixth-leading scorer to 15 points on a painful 6-for-22 shooting night.

The stats illustrate how far the Thunder have come defensively. Last year, Oklahoma City ranked 27th in the league, allowing opponents to shoot 47.5 percent from the floor. This season, that number is 43.9 -- fourth-best in the league -- and still dropping.

To Brooks, it's proof of the individual improvement of several of his players, who took the coach up on his challenge to better their defensive games over the summer.

"Last year, Thabo was the premier defender on our team, and this year, he's gotten better, but he's not the premier defender," Brooks said. "That's a good thing because that means all the other guys are picking up."

On a night when Durant had to use a higher-than-normal number of possessions to extend his franchise-record streak of games with at least 25 points to 24 straight contests, the Thunder needed the defensive help. Durant eventually broke free from physical defense provided primarily by Coby Karl and Anthony Tolliver to drop 29 points, but went 7-for-21 while getting there.

Nevertheless, Oklahoma City took control in the third quarter with an 18-9 run at the outset, a seven-minute stretch in which Golden State missed 10 of 13 shots and committed four turnovers. The Thunder eventually outscored the Warriors 36-23 in the period.

It was just another in a litany of poor third quarters this season for Golden State, which has now lost a season-worst eight straight games. That's the Warriors' longest streak since dropping nine in a row early last season.

"Tonight was just sloppy turnovers and then the third quarter," said Curry, who finished with 23 points. "I think we need to petition the NBA to not have a halftime and just keep playing. Maybe that'll help us out."

Tolliver had 11 points and 11 rebounds to celebrate his first game after receiving a pro-rated contract for the remainder of the season. To make room, the Warriors cut loose Speedy Claxton, giving up some flexibility in terms of potentially engineering a swap at the trade deadline with the loss of Claxton's expiring $5.2 million contract.

The Warriors could have cut other players who make less money and thus hold lower value as a bargaining chip, such as Devean George, who has a $1.6 million expiring deal, and Chris Hunter, himself a former D-Leaguer who earned a pro-rated minimum-rate deal earlier this season.

"Sometimes you wait around forever, and (trades with) expiring contracts never happen, anyway," Warriors coach Don Nelson said. "I'm sure Larry knew what he was doing there. If you don't know by now if you can do something with an expiring contract, you've got to have a pretty good idea."

• Thunder: Harpring, Weaver, White
• Warriors: Azubuike, Bell, Randolph, Wright

• Thunder: --
• Warriors: --

• Lead Changes: 13
• Times Tied: 10

• Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
• Officials: #13 Monty McCutchen, #23 Jason Phillips, #58 Zach Zarba
• Attendance: 17825
• Duration: 2:15

Oklahoma City Thunder (29-21)		Golden State Warriors (13-36)
Start of 1st Quarter
(12:00) Jump Ball Biedrins vs Green (Karl gains possession)
	11:43	Ellis Jump Shot: Missed
	11:41	Biedrins Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
	11:39 [GSW 2-0]	Maggette Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Biedrins (1 AST)
Green Turnaround Hook Shot: Made (4 PTS)	11:21 [OKC 2-2]
	11:02	Karl Jump Shot: Missed
Krstic Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	11:01
	10:58	Curry Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)	10:58 [OKC 3-2]
Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)	10:58 [OKC 4-2]
	10:50	Karl Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Durant (1 ST)
Durant Driving Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS)	10:45 [OKC 6-2]
	10:33	Maggette Layup Shot: Missed
	10:31	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:0)
	10:27 [GSW 5-6]	Ellis 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Biedrins (2 AST)
Krstic Step Back Jump shot: Missed	10:14
	10:13	Ellis Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	10:05 [GSW 8-6]	Curry 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Ellis (1 AST)
Green Jump Shot: Missed	09:50
	09:46	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)
Krstic Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	09:44
	09:44 [GSW 9-6]	Ellis Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
	09:44	Ellis Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Sefolosha Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	09:42
Krstic Layup Shot: Missed	09:32
	09:31	Maggette Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	09:26	Maggette Turnover : Palming Turnover (1 TO)
Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed	09:07
	09:06	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)
	08:58 [GSW 11-6]	Curry Driving Layup Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Maggette (1 AST)
Sefolosha Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Krstic (1 AST)	08:38 [OKC 8-11]
	08:17	Karl 3pt Shot: Missed
Green Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	08:16
Green Driving Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)	08:09 [OKC 10-11]
	07:57	Ellis Layup Shot: Missed
Westbrook Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	07:55
Westbrook Driving Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)	07:50 [OKC 12-11]
	07:29	Maggette Jump Shot: Missed
Krstic Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	07:26
Green 3pt Shot: Missed	07:19
	07:18	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)
	07:14	Curry Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Sefolosha (1 ST)
Sefolosha Pullup Jump shot: Made (4 PTS)	07:07 [OKC 14-11]
	06:54 [GSW 13-14]	Biedrins Driving Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Curry (1 AST)
Durant Jump Shot: Missed	06:42
	06:41	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)
	06:30 [GSW 15-14]	Ellis Pullup Jump shot: Made (6 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	06:24
Krstic Jump Shot: Missed	06:16
Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)	06:15
Durant Tip Shot: Missed	06:15
	06:13	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:5)
	06:05	Maggette Jump Shot: Missed
Westbrook Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	06:03
	06:02	Curry Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Durant Jump Shot: Missed	05:51
Westbrook Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	05:49
Westbrook Layup Shot: Missed	05:49
	05:48	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:6)
	05:44	Curry Jump Shot: Missed
Krstic Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	05:42
Green Jump Shot: Missed Block: Biedrins (1 BLK)	05:29
Team Rebound	05:29
Durant Jump Shot: Missed	05:27
	05:26	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:7)
	05:20 [GSW 17-14]	Karl Driving Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Maggette (2 AST)
Krstic Jump Shot: Missed	05:05
Team Rebound	05:05
	05:05	Karl Foul : Loose Ball (1 PF)
Krstic Substitution replaced by Collison	05:05
Sefolosha Jump Shot: Missed	04:55
	04:53	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:8)
	04:44	Ellis Jump Shot: Missed
Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	04:43
Durant Turnover : Palming Turnover (1 TO)	04:41
	04:29	Biedrins Foul : Offensive (1 PF)
	04:29	Biedrins Turnover : Foul (1 TO)
Sefolosha Substitution replaced by Harden	04:29
Green Slam Dunk Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (1 AST)	04:18 [OKC 16-17]
	04:05	Biedrins Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO)
Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed	03:54
	03:53	Maggette Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	03:48	Ellis Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Durant (2 ST)
Durant Turnover : Traveling (2 TO)	03:45
	03:28	Team Timeout : Short
	03:28	Maggette Substitution replaced by Tolliver
	03:22 [GSW 19-16]	Curry Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (7 PTS)
Harden Jump Shot: Missed	03:07
	03:06	Ellis Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	02:55 [GSW 22-16]	Curry 3pt Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Karl (1 AST)
	02:40	Curry Foul : Personal (3 PF)
	02:40	Team Timeout : Regular
Green Substitution replaced by Ibaka	02:40
Westbrook Substitution replaced by Maynor	02:40
	02:40	Curry Substitution replaced by Watson
Durant 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Collison (1 AST)	02:27 [OKC 19-22]
	02:06	Karl 3pt Shot: Missed
	02:04	Tolliver Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
Ibaka Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	02:01
	02:01	Karl Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	02:01	Team Rebound
	02:01 [GSW 23-19]	Karl Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
Ibaka Foul : Offensive (2 PF)	01:45
Ibaka Turnover : Foul (1 TO)	01:45
	01:31	Ellis Jump Shot: Missed
Collison Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	01:29
Collison Jump Shot: Missed	01:22
Collison Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	01:20
Collison Putback Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS)	01:20 [OKC 21-23]
	01:03 [GSW 25-21]	Tolliver Pullup Jump shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Ellis (2 AST)
Ibaka Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Ellis (1 ST)	00:45.8
	00:40.3 [GSW 27-21]	Ellis Driving Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS)
Durant Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Maynor (1 AST)	00:27.1 [OKC 23-27]
	00:27.1	Karl Foul : Shooting (2 PF)
Durant Free Throw 1 of 1 (8 PTS)	00:27.1 [OKC 24-27]
	00:09.1	Ellis Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO)
Ibaka Pullup Jump shot: Made (2 PTS)	00:01.5 [OKC 26-27]
Harden Foul : Personal (1 PF)	00:00.7
	00:00.3	Karl 3pt Shot: Missed
	00:00.0	Team Rebound
End of 1st Quarter
Oklahoma City Thunder (29-21)		Golden State Warriors (13-36)
Start of 2nd QuarterBack to Top
Collison Jump Shot: Missed	11:39
Ibaka Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)	11:36
Ibaka Layup Shot: Missed	11:36
	11:34	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:9)
	11:30	Biedrins Jump Shot: Missed
Ibaka Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	11:29
Harden 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS)	11:18 [OKC 29-27]
	10:53 [GSW 30-29]	Ellis 3pt Shot: Made (11 PTS)
Ibaka Slam Dunk Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Maynor (2 AST)	10:38 [OKC 31-30]
Maynor Foul : Personal (1 PF)	10:34
	10:34	Biedrins Substitution replaced by Turiaf
	10:34	Karl Substitution replaced by Maggette
	10:26	Ellis Jump Shot: Missed
Ibaka Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	10:25
Maynor Running Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS)	10:16 [OKC 33-30]
	09:55	Watson 3pt Shot: Missed
Harden Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	09:53
Green Jump Shot: Missed	09:41
	09:38	Team Rebound
	09:38	Watson Substitution replaced by Morrow
	09:26	Tolliver Jump Shot: Missed
Maynor Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	09:24
Maynor Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Tolliver (1 ST)	09:18
Green Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	09:14
	09:14 [GSW 31-33]	Maggette Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
	09:14 [GSW 32-33]	Maggette Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
Harden Pullup Jump shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Maynor (3 AST)	09:01 [OKC 35-32]
	08:44 [GSW 35-35]	Tolliver 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Turiaf (1 AST)
Harden Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Ellis (2 ST)	08:30
	08:27 [GSW 37-35]	Maggette Driving Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Morrow (1 AST)
Maynor Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	08:27
	08:27	Timeout : Official
Ibaka Substitution replaced by Westbrook	08:27
Maynor Substitution replaced by Durant	08:27
	08:27	Maggette Free Throw 1 of 1 Missed
Collison Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	08:25
Westbrook Pullup Jump shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Durant (1 AST)	08:10 [OKC 37-37]
	07:49 [GSW 39-37]	Morrow Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Turiaf (2 AST)
	07:25	Ellis Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)	07:25 [OKC 38-39]
Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)	07:25 [OKC 39-39]
	07:13	Morrow Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Westbrook (1 ST)
Harden Slam Dunk Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (2 AST)	07:09 [OKC 41-39]
	06:56	Maggette Jump Shot: Missed
	06:54	Turiaf Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
	06:39 [GSW 41-41]	Maggette Driving Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Ellis (3 AST)
	06:24	Turiaf Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Harden Substitution replaced by Sefolosha	06:24
Green Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)	06:24 [OKC 42-41]
Green Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)	06:24 [OKC 43-41]
	06:07	Ellis Jump Shot: Missed Block: Green (1 BLK)
	06:06	Tolliver Rebound (Off:2 Def:0)
	06:04 [GSW 43-43]	Tolliver Layup Shot: Made (7 PTS)
Sefolosha Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (3 AST)	05:52 [OKC 45-43]
	05:29 [GSW 46-45]	Morrow 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Ellis (4 AST)
Durant Jump Shot: Missed	05:13
	05:11	Tolliver Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)
	05:06	Maggette Layup Shot: Missed
Sefolosha Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	05:05
	05:01	Tolliver Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
	05:01	Team Timeout : Regular
	05:01	Turiaf Substitution replaced by Biedrins
Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	05:01
Team Rebound	05:01
Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)	05:01 [OKC 46-46]
	04:49	Tolliver Jump Shot: Missed
Collison Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)	04:47
Sefolosha Driving Layup Shot: Missed	04:27
	04:25	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:10)
	04:13	Ellis Jump Shot: Missed
	04:12	Team Rebound
Collison Substitution replaced by Krstic	04:12
	04:07	Morrow 3pt Shot: Missed
Green Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	04:05
Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed	03:56
	03:55	Morrow Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	03:48	Ellis Turnover : Lost Ball (3 TO) Steal:Westbrook (2 ST)
Westbrook Driving Slam Dunk Shot: Made (8 PTS)	03:44 [OKC 48-46]
	03:25 [GSW 48-48]	Maggette Step Back Jump shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Ellis (5 AST)
	03:12	Biedrins Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Durant Jump Shot: Missed	03:05
Krstic Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)	03:03
Krstic Tip Shot: Missed	03:03
	03:02	Tolliver Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)
	02:59	Maggette Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Westbrook (3 ST)
Durant Foul : Offensive (1 PF)	02:56
Durant Turnover : Foul (3 TO)	02:56
Team Timeout : Regular	02:56
	02:40	Maggette Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed
Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	02:38
Krstic Jump Shot: Missed	02:26
	02:24	Tolliver Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)
	02:16 [GSW 50-48]	Tolliver Floating Jump shot: Made (9 PTS) Assist: Maggette (3 AST)
Green Jump Shot: Missed	01:56
Green Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	01:55
Green Jump Shot: Missed Block: Biedrins (2 BLK)	01:54
Krstic Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)	01:53
	01:53	Tolliver Foul : Shooting (2 PF)
Green Substitution replaced by Harden	01:53
Krstic Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)	01:53 [OKC 49-50]
Krstic Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)	01:53 [OKC 50-50]
	01:38	Ellis Turnover : Bad Pass (4 TO) Steal:Westbrook (4 ST)
Westbrook Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (10 PTS)	01:33 [OKC 52-50]
Harden Foul : Personal (2 PF)	01:20
	01:11	Biedrins Jump Hook Shot: Missed
Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)	01:09
Durant Running Jump Shot: Missed	00:59.8
Krstic Rebound (Off:3 Def:3)	00:58.4
Harden 3pt Shot: Missed	00:54.9
	00:53.5	Team Rebound
	00:38.9	Ellis 3pt Shot: Missed
Harden Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	00:37.8
Krstic Turnover : Traveling (1 TO)	00:31.9
	00:10.2	Maggette Foul : Offensive (1 PF)
	00:10.2	Maggette Turnover : Foul (3 TO)
	00:10.2	Morrow Substitution replaced by Watson
Durant 3pt Shot: Missed	00:04.9
	00:03.7	Watson Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	00:00.3	Watson Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Durant (3 ST)
End of 2nd Quarter
Oklahoma City Thunder (29-21)		Golden State Warriors (13-36)
Start of 3rd QuarterBack to Top
(12:00) [GSW] Ellis Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Green 3pt Shot: Missed	11:32
	11:31	Biedrins Rebound (Off:2 Def:11)
	11:14	Biedrins Jump Hook Shot: Missed
	11:13	Biedrins Rebound (Off:3 Def:11)
	11:07	Karl Floating Jump shot: Missed
	11:07	Team Rebound
	11:07	Team Turnover : Shot Clock Turnover
Green Jump Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (4 AST)	10:52 [OKC 54-50]
	10:40 [GSW 52-54]	Biedrins Driving Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Curry (2 AST)
Westbrook Pullup Jump shot: Missed	10:29
	10:28	Biedrins Rebound (Off:3 Def:12)
	10:07 [GSW 54-54]	Ellis Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (13 PTS)
Durant Pullup Jump shot: Missed	09:50
	09:49	Tolliver Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)
	09:41	Ellis Jump Shot: Missed
	09:40	Tolliver Rebound (Off:3 Def:4)
	09:39	Tolliver Layup Shot: Missed Block: Durant (1 BLK)
Westbrook Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)	09:36
Durant 3pt Shot: Missed	09:29
	09:27	Karl Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	09:17	Ellis Turnover : Lost Ball (5 TO) Steal:Westbrook (5 ST)
Westbrook Driving Layup Shot: Made (12 PTS)	09:12 [OKC 56-54]
	08:51	Tolliver Jump Shot: Missed
Krstic Rebound (Off:3 Def:4)	08:49
Westbrook Running Jump Shot: Missed	08:43
	08:42	Biedrins Rebound (Off:3 Def:13)
	08:36	Curry 3pt Shot: Missed
Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)	08:33
	08:23	Ellis Foul : Personal (3 PF)
Krstic Driving Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Sefolosha (1 AST)	08:15 [OKC 58-54]
	08:01	Ellis 3pt Shot: Missed
	07:59	Tolliver Rebound (Off:4 Def:4)
	07:56 [GSW 57-58]	Karl 3pt Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Tolliver (1 AST)
Krstic Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (5 AST)	07:41 [OKC 60-57]
	07:22	Biedrins Turnover : Bad Pass (3 TO) Steal:Westbrook (6 ST)
Durant Slam Dunk Shot: Made (13 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (6 AST)	07:19 [OKC 62-57]
	07:19	Team Timeout : Regular
	07:19	Tolliver Substitution replaced by Maggette
	07:03	Ellis Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Missed
Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)	07:01
Krstic Pullup Jump shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Durant (2 AST)	06:45 [OKC 64-57]
	06:24	Curry Turnover : Lost Ball (2 TO) Steal:Green (1 ST)
	06:21	Karl Foul : Personal (3 PF)
Krstic Step Back Jump shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Sefolosha (2 AST)	06:11 [OKC 66-57]
	05:58	Ellis Driving Slam Dunk Shot: Missed Block: Krstic (1 BLK)
Sefolosha Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	05:57
Westbrook Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Maggette (1 ST)	05:52
Sefolosha Foul : Personal (1 PF)	05:52
	05:52	Biedrins Substitution replaced by Turiaf
Green Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	05:38
	05:38 [GSW 58-66]	Maggette Free Throw 1 of 2 (11 PTS)
	05:38 [GSW 59-66]	Maggette Free Throw 2 of 2 (12 PTS)
Green Driving Layup Shot: Made (12 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (7 AST)	05:26 [OKC 68-59]
	05:08	Ellis Jump Shot: Missed
Sefolosha Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)	05:07
Westbrook Driving Layup Shot: Made (14 PTS)	05:01 [OKC 70-59]
	05:01	Team Timeout : Regular
	05:01	Karl Substitution replaced by Morrow
	05:01	Ellis Substitution replaced by Tolliver
	04:48 [GSW 61-70]	Curry Pullup Jump shot: Made (12 PTS) Assist: Turiaf (3 AST)
Durant Step Back Jump shot: Made (15 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (8 AST)	04:31 [OKC 72-61]
	04:17	Turiaf Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Krstic (1 ST)
Green 3pt Shot: Made (15 PTS) Assist: Durant (3 AST)	04:07 [OKC 75-61]
	03:56 [GSW 63-75]	Curry Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (14 PTS)
Green 3pt Shot: Made (18 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (9 AST)	03:39 [OKC 78-63]
	03:28	Maggette Jump Shot: Missed
Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:6)	03:27
Sefolosha 3pt Shot: Missed	03:19
	03:18	Maggette Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	03:12 [GSW 65-78]	Maggette Driving Layup Shot: Made (14 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	03:11
Krstic Substitution replaced by Harden	03:11
Sefolosha Substitution replaced by Collison	03:11
Green Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Curry (1 ST)	02:57
	02:49	Morrow Jump Shot: Missed
	02:48	Maggette Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	02:46 [GSW 67-78]	Maggette Floating Jump shot: Made (16 PTS)
Durant Jump Shot: Missed	02:26
	02:25	Turiaf Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	02:06	Curry 3pt Shot: Missed
Collison Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)	02:04
Westbrook Pullup Jump shot: Made (16 PTS)	01:43 [OKC 80-67]
Collison Foul : Personal (1 PF)	01:35
Westbrook Substitution replaced by Maynor	01:35
	01:35 [GSW 68-80]	Curry Free Throw 1 of 2 (15 PTS)
	01:35 [GSW 69-80]	Curry Free Throw 2 of 2 (16 PTS)
Harden Jump Shot: Missed	01:23
	01:21	Maggette Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
Maynor Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	01:10
	01:10	Maggette Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	01:10	Team Rebound
	01:10	Maggette Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Collison Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)	01:08
Durant 3pt Shot: Made (18 PTS)	00:55.5 [OKC 83-69]
	00:51.9	Curry Turnover : Bad Pass (3 TO) Steal:Durant (4 ST)
Durant Running Layup Shot: Missed	00:46.9
	00:45.5	Curry Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	00:39.9 [GSW 71-83]	Maggette Step Back Jump shot: Made (18 PTS) Assist: Curry (3 AST)
	00:26.7	Tolliver Foul : Personal (3 PF)
Durant Free Throw 1 of 3 (19 PTS)	00:26.7 [OKC 84-71]
Green Substitution replaced by Sefolosha	00:26.7
Durant Free Throw 2 of 3 (20 PTS)	00:26.7 [OKC 85-71]
Durant Free Throw 3 of 3 (21 PTS)	00:26.7 [OKC 86-71]
	00:07.7 [GSW 73-86]	Curry Floating Jump shot: Made (18 PTS)
Maynor Foul : Shooting (4 PF)	00:07.7
	00:07.7	Morrow Substitution replaced by Watson
	00:07.7	Curry Free Throw 1 of 1 Missed
	00:06.7	Tolliver Rebound (Off:5 Def:4)
	00:01.9	Watson 3pt Shot: Missed
Team Rebound	00:00.7
Instant Replay - Support Ruling	00:00.7
	00:00.7	Tolliver Foul : Loose Ball (4 PF)
Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (22 PTS)	00:00.7 [OKC 87-73]
Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (23 PTS)	00:00.7 [OKC 88-73]
	00:00.2	Curry 3pt Shot: Missed
	00:00.0	Team Rebound
End of 3rd Quarter
Oklahoma City Thunder (29-21)		Golden State Warriors (13-36)
Start of 4th QuarterBack to Top
	11:38 [GSW 75-88]	Ellis Pullup Jump shot: Made (15 PTS)
Harden Foul : Offensive (3 PF)	11:24
Harden Turnover : Foul (2 TO)	11:24
Harden Foul : Personal (4 PF)	11:11
	11:02	Karl Driving Layup Shot: Missed
Collison Rebound (Off:1 Def:6)	11:01
Harden Jump Shot: Missed	10:56
Sefolosha Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)	10:54
Maynor Running Jump Shot: Missed	10:33
	10:32	Turiaf Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
	10:19 [GSW 77-88]	Turiaf Driving Slam Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Ellis (6 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	10:17
	10:17	Turiaf Substitution replaced by Biedrins
Durant Pullup Jump shot: Made (25 PTS) Assist: Maynor (4 AST)	10:05 [OKC 90-77]
Sefolosha Foul : Personal (2 PF)	09:50
Maynor Substitution replaced by Westbrook	09:50
	09:40	Karl Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Westbrook (7 ST)
Durant Pullup Jump shot: Missed	09:23
	09:21	Biedrins Rebound (Off:3 Def:14)
	09:02	Tolliver Jump Shot: Missed
Westbrook Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)	09:00
	08:58	Watson Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 (17 PTS)	08:58 [OKC 91-77]
Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 (18 PTS)	08:58 [OKC 92-77]
	08:41	Ellis Jump Shot: Missed Block: Collison (1 BLK)
Sefolosha Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)	08:40
	08:33	Ellis Foul : Personal (4 PF)
	08:33	Tolliver Substitution replaced by Maggette
Harden 3pt Shot: Missed	08:17
	08:16	Maggette Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)
	08:02	Maggette Pullup Jump shot: Missed
Sefolosha Rebound (Off:1 Def:6)	08:00
Westbrook Turnover : 3 Second Violation (2 TO)	07:43
	07:29	Karl Turnover : Backcourt Turnover (3 TO)
	07:29	Karl Substitution replaced by Tolliver
Westbrook Pullup Jump shot: Missed	07:20
	07:18	Tolliver Rebound (Off:5 Def:5)
	07:09	Ellis 3pt Shot: Missed
	07:07	Tolliver Rebound (Off:6 Def:5)
Sefolosha Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	07:07
	07:07	Maggette Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	07:07	Team Rebound
	07:07	Watson Substitution replaced by Morrow
Harden Substitution replaced by Green	07:07
	07:07 [GSW 78-92]	Maggette Free Throw 2 of 2 (19 PTS)
Green Jump Shot: Missed	06:53
Collison Rebound (Off:2 Def:6)	06:51
	06:48	Maggette Foul : Shooting (2 PF)
Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (26 PTS)	06:48 [OKC 93-78]
Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (27 PTS)	06:48 [OKC 94-78]
	06:28	Ellis Jump Shot: Missed
Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:7)	06:26
Ellis Violation:Kicked Ball	06:26
	06:20	Biedrins Foul : Shooting (3 PF)
Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 (19 PTS)	06:20 [OKC 95-78]
Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	06:20
	06:18	Biedrins Rebound (Off:3 Def:15)
Westbrook Foul : Personal (1 PF)	06:09
	06:03	Ellis Turnover : Bad Pass (6 TO) Steal:Westbrook (8 ST)
Sefolosha Slam Dunk Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (10 AST)	05:59 [OKC 97-78]
	05:52 [GSW 80-97]	Maggette Driving Reverse Layup Shot: Made (21 PTS) Assist: Morrow (2 AST)
Green Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	05:52
	05:52	Timeout : Official
	05:52 [GSW 81-97]	Maggette Free Throw 1 of 1 (22 PTS)
	05:45	Maggette Foul : Personal (3 PF)
	05:45	Morrow Substitution replaced by Curry
Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (28 PTS)	05:45 [OKC 98-81]
Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (29 PTS)	05:45 [OKC 99-81]
	05:28 [GSW 83-99]	Tolliver Jump Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Curry (4 AST)
Sefolosha Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Tolliver (2 ST)	05:09
Green Foul : Shooting (4 PF)	05:07
	05:07 [GSW 84-99]	Maggette Free Throw 1 of 2 (23 PTS)
	05:07 [GSW 85-99]	Maggette Free Throw 2 of 2 (24 PTS)
Collison Foul : Offensive (2 PF)	05:01
Collison Turnover : Foul (1 TO)	05:01
	05:01	Maggette Substitution replaced by Karl
	04:44	Ellis Turnover : Lost Ball (7 TO) Steal:Sefolosha (2 ST)
Westbrook Driving Layup Shot: Made (21 PTS) Assist: Durant (4 AST)	04:39 [OKC 101-85]
	04:15	Karl 3pt Shot: Missed
Sefolosha Rebound (Off:1 Def:7)	04:13
Durant Layup Shot: Missed Block: Biedrins (3 BLK)	03:59
	03:58	Team Rebound
	03:41	Karl 3pt Shot: Missed
Westbrook Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)	03:40
Green 3pt Shot: Missed	03:22
Westbrook Rebound (Off:2 Def:5)	03:20
Westbrook Running Jump Shot: Missed	03:09
	03:07	Ellis Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	03:00	Ellis Substitution replaced by Watson
	03:00	Jump Ball Karl vs Sefolosha (Watson gains possession)
	02:48	Curry 3pt Shot: Missed
Team Rebound	02:48
	02:48	Team Timeout : Regular
	02:48	Biedrins Substitution replaced by Hunter
Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed	02:36
Collison Rebound (Off:3 Def:6)	02:34
Collison Tip Shot: Missed	02:34
	02:32	Karl Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	02:13	Curry Jump Shot: Missed
Collison Rebound (Off:3 Def:7)	02:12
Durant Turnover : Bad Pass (4 TO)	01:58
Durant Substitution replaced by Ibaka	01:58
Westbrook Substitution replaced by Maynor	01:58
Collison Substitution replaced by Harden	01:58
Green Substitution replaced by Ollie	01:58
	01:46	Watson Jump Shot: Missed
	01:44	Hunter Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
Sefolosha Foul : Shooting (4 PF)	01:43
Sefolosha Substitution replaced by Mullens	01:43
	01:43	Hunter Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	01:43	Team Rebound
	01:43 [GSW 86-101]	Hunter Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
Team Turnover : Shot Clock Turnover	01:19
	01:11	Ibaka Violation:Defensive Goaltending
	01:11 [GSW 88-101]	Karl Driving Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS)
Mullens Jump Shot: Missed	01:01
	00:59.9	Watson Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	00:55.2 [GSW 91-101]	Curry 3pt Shot: Made (21 PTS) Assist: Watson (1 AST)
Ibaka Turnover : Bad Pass (3 TO) Steal:Curry (2 ST)	00:38.9
	00:34.3 [GSW 93-101]	Curry Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (23 PTS)
Maynor 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS)	00:09.1 [OKC 104-93]
	00:03.9 [GSW 95-104]	Karl Floating Jump shot: Made (10 PTS)
End of 4th Quarter

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