Wizards-Thunder Preview

By NOEY KUPCHAN
Posted Jan 27 2011 9:58PM

Thanks in large part to Kevin Durant, the Oklahoma City Thunder are on the verge of their longest home winning streak of the season.

The Washington Wizards' chances of snapping their franchise-worst start on the road seem unlikely.

Looking for a season-best sixth consecutive home victory, the Thunder will try for a fourth straight win over Washington on Friday night.

Durant led Oklahoma City (29-16) to a 118-117 overtime win Wednesday night at Minnesota, scoring a career high-tying 47 points and recording a career-best 18 rebounds.

"All I can say is Durant is incredible," Timberwolves forward Kevin Love said. "He's incredible."

Durant made 15 of 28 shots from the floor, including a step-back jumper with 28 seconds remaining in overtime to put the Thunder up for good.

"I hope I don't ever take it for granted because that's pretty impressive," said teammate Nick Collison. "To be able to kind of carry us like that, we needed every one of those."

Durant, who will start for the Western Conference in next month's All-Star game, is no stranger to playing the role of hero. He made a 3-pointer as time expired in Saturday night's 101-98 win over New York to extend Oklahoma City's home winning streak to five.

While his 28.6 points per game lead the league, Durant has averaged 33.2 on 54.2 percent shooting over the Thunder's run at home. He has averaged 31.8 points on 58.5 percent from the floor in his last four games against the Wizards (13-31).

The Thunder last recorded six home wins in a row Feb. 26-March 14, their longest run since relocating from Seattle following the 2007-08 season.

Oklahoma City, which has averaged 108.3 points while taking three straight from Washington, has won 15 of 18 at home when scoring more than 100. The Wizards are allowing 108.7 points per game on the road, among the worst in the league.

Washington continues to search for a win away from home after falling short in its first 21 road contests. Coach Flip Saunders, though, remains surprisingly optimistic as his team begins a four-game trip. "I think our guys are looking forward to going on the road," Saunders said. "Sometimes going on the road for a four-game trip is better than going for one game because you have the opportunity to bond a little bit."

The Wizards fell for the fourth time in five games overall with Tuesday night's 120-109 loss versus Denver despite another strong effort from the emerging Nick Young.

Young scored 26 on 10-of-19 shooting and is averaging 23.6 points - 6.7 more than his season mark - over his last nine games.

John Wall had 10 points and 13 assists Tuesday for his 15th double-double of the season. The No. 1 overall pick recorded four straight double-doubles on the road before registering 18 points and nine assists in a 115-106 loss at New York on Monday.

Washington is eight road losses shy of matching the Dallas Mavericks' all-time record of 29 consecutive defeats to begin a season.

The Wizards could be without Kirk Hinrich, who missed the last three games with a sprained right elbow. Hinrich is averaging 11.1 points.

Washington has averaged 91.5 points over its last 10 road games. Oklahoma City is 9-1 at home when holding opponents to 100 points or less.

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Thunder add to Wizards' road woes, 124-117 in 2OT

By JEFF LATZKE
Posted Jan 29 2011 12:24AM

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Even the Washington Wizards' best performance on the road this season wasn't enough to end a losing streak that's nearing record length.

Kevin Durant scored 10 of his 40 points in the second overtime, Russell Westbrook added his third triple-double of the season and the Oklahoma City Thunder kept the Wizards winless on the road with a 124-117 victory on Friday night.

Durant ran off eight straight points on a three-point play, a tiebreaking 3-pointer from the right wing and a jumper from the top of the key as the Thunder finally took the lead for good after 55 1/2 minutes.

Washington fell to 0-22 on the road, matching the third-worst start in NBA history.

"That's the best game we have played on the road," Washington's Andray Blatche said. "We fought and we put ourselves in a position to win before overtime and before the second overtime.

"Durant is a wonderful scorer. He created shots for himself and got his team the win."

Durant missed a 3-pointer at the end of regulation after Nick Young's tying jumper with 13.1 seconds left.

Both teams squandered chances in the first overtime after Young again tied it up on a jumper with 1:57 remaining. The Wizards had the last shot after James Harden used Oklahoma City's foul to give with 5.5 seconds left. Young missed from the foul line, and Rashard Lewis' tip wouldn't fall.

And that was as close as the Wizards would get to snapping their skid. Only Dallas (29) in 1992-93 and the New Orleans Jazz (28) in 1974-75 have started seasons with more losses in a row on the road.

"It was a team that was scrappy, looking for a road win," Durant said. "They've got a lot of talent. They fought hard."

Westbrook had 35 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, and Jeff Green added 13 points and 12 rebounds as Oklahoma City needed extra time to beat a last-place opponent for the second straight game.

"That's what this league is about," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "You have to win your share of close games and continue to improve your record."

Young scored 32 points, and Trevor Booker set new career highs with 21 points and 12 rebounds while starting in place of JaVale McGee (flu) for Washington. Lewis scored 22, rookie John Wall had 13 points and 10 assists, and Blatche also scored 13 as all five Wizards starters reached double figures.

It was only the second time this season Washington even forced overtime on the road, and the first time going to double overtime. Only two of the Wizards' road losses have been by less than seven points.

"We had chances," coach Flip Saunders said. "We had some mental mistakes in key times. We talked about it before, having guys that just finish games and that is what Durant did. He finished the game down the end when they needed it."

Durant drove along the left side and drew Booker's sixth foul, hitting a layup in the process. His free throw tied it at 115 with 3:10 left in double OT, and he kept piling on with his 3 and jumper after that.

Saunders called timeout, but a miss by Young and Westbrook's easy layup put away the game.

Oklahoma City hosts Miami on Sunday in ABC's first matinee game of the season, but Durant thought the Thunder merely had their usual early game problems and weren't overlooking the Wizards.

"You can't do that with any team in this league. Guys are too good," Durant said. "You (saw) it tonight. Their confidence got bigger and bigger, and the basket got wider and wider for them. But I think we did a good job of fighting back, making them take tough shots and Russell did a good job of controlling the game and we just fed off his energy."

Oklahoma City had to wipe away a 36-24 deficit in the first half and then quickly climbed out of a seven-point hole early in the fourth quarter before falling behind again. Nick Collison had back-to-back baskets before Daequan Cook nailed a 3-pointer from the left wing to finish a run of eight straight points and put the Thunder up 83-82 with 8:52 to play.

Blatche answered at the other end with a reverse layup that turned into a three-point play, and the Wizards eventually went up 99-95 after Young's two free throws with 2:55 left in the fourth.

Westbrook scored the next five points to put Oklahoma City back on top, and Durant's jumper from the top of the key - following a pair of missed free throws by Wall - put Oklahoma City up 102-99 with 1:04 left in regulation.

Blatche followed with a bucket inside and Durant, the NBA's ninth-leading free-throw shooter at 89 percent, then left the door open for Young to tie it by missing his first of two shots with 16.9 seconds on the clock.

He made up for it later on.

"I couldn't throw a rock in the ocean at the end of the fourth," Durant said. "Russell carried us into that overtime, and I just wanted to give him some help."

NOTES: Durant, named an All-Star starter for the first time Thursday, said the game against the Heat isn't about him against LeBron James. "I know I've grown as a player," he said. "I don't need anybody else to stamp that for me. I know I've grown. I've just got to continue to keep pushing and play within the team." ... Thunder G Thabo Sefolosha (knee) had a streak of 128 consecutive starts snapped. He was one of four Oklahoma City starters who played every game last season, the first time that had happened since Golden State in the 2002-03 season. Of the Thunder starters, only Westbrook hasn't missed a game this season. ... Wall has nine double-doubles in January.

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Wizards-Thunder notebook

By Randy Renner, NBA.com
Posted Friday January 28, 2011 11:52PM

THE FACTS: Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook combined for 75 points to lead the Thunder past the Washington Wizards 124-117 in double-overtime. Washington is now 0-22 on the road this season. Durant had 40 points, his fourth 40-point game this season. Westbrook had a triple-double, his second of the season, with 35 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists. Nick Young led the Wizards with 32 points while Rashard Lewis added 22. Oklahoma City has now won six straight home games.

QUOTABLE: "We got the stops we needed at the end and KD hit some big shots.We've certainly got some things we need to work on but we kept battling and didn't give up."
--Thunder coach Scott Brooks

THE STAT: In the second overtime, Durant and Westbrook combined for all 14 of Oklahoma City's points on 6-for-7 shooting.

TURNING POINT: The Thunder shot 75 percent (6-for-8) while holding the Wizards to just 30 percent (3-for-10) in the second overtime. OKC also outrebounded Washington 6-2 in the final OT while outscoring the Wizards 14-7.

QUOTABLE II: "They're a good team, they have talented players and they played hard. Washington did a good job it could have gone either way tonight."
-- Scott Brooks

HOT: In the two overtime periods, Durant, OKC's leading scorer, scored 15 points on 6-for-7 shooting.

NOT: Also in the two overtimes, Young, Washington's leading scorer, had just seven points on 3-for-8 shooting.

FANTASY SPOTLIGHT: Westbrook filled the stat sheet once again scoring 35 points on 12-for-24 shooting. He pulled down 13 rebounds and dished 13 assists. He also blocked two shots.

GOOD MOVE: With the injury to Thunder shooting guard Thabo Sefolosha, Brooks activated guard Daequan Cook. Cook, a 3-point specialist was 3-for-7 from long range while the rest of the Thunder were just 2-for-14.

ROOKIE WATCH: Wizards point guard John Wall played 51:54 and scored 13 points. He handed out 10 assists and pulled down five rebounds.

NOTABLE: Oklahoma City is now 5-0 in overtime games.

UP NEXT: For the Wizards, Saturday @ Memphis, Monday @ Dallas, Tuesday @ New Orleans. For the Thunder, Sunday vs Heat, Wednesday vs Hornets, Friday @ Phoenix.

• Wizards: Howard, McGee, N'Diaye
• Thunder: Aldrich, Peterson, Sefolosha

• Wizards: --
• Thunder: --

• Lead Changes: 13
• Times Tied: 12

• Arena: Oklahoma City Arena, Oklahoma City, OK
• Officials: #55 Bill Kennedy, #56 Mark Ayotte, #34 Kevin Cutler
• Attendance: 18203
• Duration: 2:54

Washington Wizards (13-33)		Oklahoma City Thunder (31-16)
Start of 1st Quarter
(12:00) Jump Ball Krstic vs Blatche (Harden gains possession)
	11:44	Harden Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Blatche (1 ST)
Blatche Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS)	11:40 [WAS 2-0]
Blatche Foul : Personal (1 PF)	11:24
	11:20	Durant Turnover : Step Out of Bounds Turnover (1 TO)
Blatche Floating Jump shot: Made (4 PTS)	11:01 [WAS 4-0]
	10:49	Durant 3pt Shot: Missed
Young Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	10:48
Booker Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Wall (1 AST)	10:41 [WAS 6-0]
Blatche Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	10:22
	10:22 [OKC 1-6]	Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
Blatche Substitution replaced by Yi	10:22
	10:22	Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Lewis Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	10:21
Wall Jump Shot: Missed	10:01
	10:00	Westbrook Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
Yi Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	09:54
	09:54 [OKC 2-6]	Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 (2 PTS)
	09:54 [OKC 3-6]	Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
Lewis 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Yi (1 AST)	09:38 [WAS 9-3]
	09:26 [OKC 5-9]	Durant Alley Oop Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (1 AST)
Young Jump Shot: Missed	09:07
	09:06	Green Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
Lewis Foul : Shooting Block (1 PF)	09:01
	09:01 [OKC 6-9]	Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
	09:01	Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Yi Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	09:01
Wall Floating Jump shot: Made (2 PTS)	08:49 [WAS 11-6]
	08:32 [OKC 8-11]	Krstic Hook Shot: Made (2 PTS)
Lewis Step Back Jump shot: Made (5 PTS)	08:17 [WAS 13-8]
	08:01	Green Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO)
Wall Jump Shot: Missed	07:49
Young Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	07:47
Young Fade Away Jumper Shot: Missed	07:44
	07:43	Westbrook Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	07:37 [OKC 10-13]	Westbrook Driving Layup Shot: Made (5 PTS)
Lewis 3pt Shot: Missed	07:10
	07:08	Green Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	06:57	Durant Jump Bank Shot: Missed
Yi Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	06:54
Lewis Jump Shot: Missed	06:43
Lewis Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	06:42
Lewis Putback Layup Shot: Made (7 PTS)	06:41 [WAS 15-10]
	06:19	Harden 3pt Shot: Missed
Booker Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	06:18
Booker Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Wall (2 AST)	06:09 [WAS 17-10]
	06:09	Krstic Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Booker Free Throw 1 of 1 Missed	06:09
	06:08	Green Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	06:04	Team Timeout : Regular
Wall Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	05:56
	05:56 [OKC 11-17]	Green Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
	05:56 [OKC 12-17]	Green Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
Young Fade Away Jumper Shot: Missed	05:35
	05:32	Krstic Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	05:28 [OKC 14-17]	Green Dunk Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (2 AST)
Wall Floating Jump shot: Made (4 PTS)	05:01 [WAS 19-14]
	04:45	Durant Jump Shot: Missed
Yi Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	04:43
Lewis 3pt Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Wall (3 AST)	04:34 [WAS 22-14]
	04:18 [OKC 16-22]	Krstic Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (3 AST)
Wall Step Back Jump shot: Made (6 PTS)	03:52 [WAS 24-16]
Booker Foul : Defense 3 Second (0 PF)	03:33
	03:33 [OKC 17-24]	Durant Free Throw Technical (4 PTS)
	03:33	Krstic Substitution replaced by Ibaka
	03:33	Harden Substitution replaced by Cook
	03:17	Westbrook 3pt Shot: Missed
	03:16	Green Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	03:14	Green Turnover : Lost Ball (2 TO) Steal:Wall (1 ST)
Booker Slam Dunk Shot: Missed	03:03
	03:01	Team Rebound
	02:55	Ibaka Hook Shot: Missed
Young Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	02:53
	02:51	Green Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Team Timeout : Regular	02:51
	02:51	Durant Substitution replaced by Collison
Young Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)	02:51 [WAS 25-17]
Booker Substitution replaced by Thornton	02:51
Young Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)	02:51 [WAS 26-17]
Yi Foul : Shooting Block (2 PF)	02:43
	02:43	Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	02:43	Team Rebound
Yi Substitution replaced by Seraphin	02:43
	02:43	Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
	02:41	Collison Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
	02:37 [OKC 19-26]	Westbrook Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (7 PTS)
Young Fade Away Jumper Shot: Missed	02:20
	02:19	Collison Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	02:04	Ibaka Jump Shot: Missed
Thornton Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	02:03
	01:52	Cook Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Seraphin Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	01:52
Team Rebound	01:52
	01:52	Westbrook Substitution replaced by Maynor
Seraphin Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)	01:52 [WAS 27-19]
	01:43	Cook Jump Shot: Missed
	01:42	Collison Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)
	01:30	Green Foul : Offensive Charge (2 PF)
	01:30	Green Turnover : Foul (3 TO)
Thornton Jump Shot: Missed	01:24
	01:22	Cook Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	01:09	Cook Jump Shot: Missed
Lewis Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	01:05
Young Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Wall (4 AST)	00:54.5 [WAS 29-19]
	00:40.2 [OKC 21-29]	Ibaka Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Maynor (1 AST)
Seraphin Jump Shot: Missed	00:21.9
	00:20.8	Ibaka Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	00:00.8	Cook 3pt Shot: Missed
Wall Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	00:00.2
End of 1st Quarter
Washington Wizards (13-33)		Oklahoma City Thunder (31-16)
Start of 2nd QuarterBack to Top
Blatche Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS)	11:42 [WAS 31-21]
	11:26 [OKC 24-31]	Cook 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Green (1 AST)
Seraphin Slam Dunk Shot: Missed Block: Ibaka (1 BLK)	11:11
	11:10	Ibaka Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	11:10	Ibaka Turnover : Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (1 TO)
Thornton Step Back Jump shot: Made (2 PTS)	10:50 [WAS 33-24]
	10:37	Cook Turnover : Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (1 TO)
Young Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS)	10:21 [WAS 35-24]
	10:03	Maynor Layup Shot: Missed
	10:02	Team Rebound
	10:02	Green Substitution replaced by Durant
	09:59	Durant Jump Shot: Missed
Team Rebound	09:58
	09:50	Cook Foul : Shooting Block (2 PF)
Young Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	09:50
Team Rebound	09:50
Young Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)	09:50 [WAS 36-24]
	09:39 [OKC 26-36]	Durant Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Ibaka (1 AST)
Blatche Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	09:39
Blatche Substitution replaced by Booker	09:39
	09:39 [OKC 27-36]	Durant Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
Seraphin Turnover : Traveling (1 TO)	09:28
Seraphin Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	09:16
Seraphin Substitution replaced by Yi	09:16
	09:16 [OKC 28-36]	Ibaka Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
	09:16 [OKC 29-36]	Ibaka Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
Thornton Step Back Jump shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Shakur (1 AST)	09:06 [WAS 38-29]
	08:50 [OKC 32-38]	Durant 3pt Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Maynor (2 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	08:43
Young Substitution replaced by Lewis	08:43
Shakur Substitution replaced by Wall	08:43
Thornton Jump Shot: Missed	08:24
	08:23	Maynor Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	08:14 [OKC 35-38]	Cook 3pt Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Durant (1 AST)
Wall Fade Away Jumper Shot: Missed	07:48
Booker Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	07:47
Yi Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Wall (5 AST)	07:40 [WAS 40-35]
	07:15	Durant Jump Shot: Missed
Yi Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)	07:14
Booker Turnover : 3 Second Violation (1 TO)	07:04
	07:04	Maynor Substitution replaced by Westbrook
	06:42 [OKC 37-40]	Durant Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (12 PTS)
Wall Finger Roll Layup Shot: Missed	06:24
	06:22	Ibaka Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
Booker Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	06:19
	06:19	Ibaka Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	06:19	Team Rebound
	06:19	Collison Substitution replaced by Green
Thornton Substitution replaced by Young	06:19
	06:19 [OKC 38-40]	Ibaka Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
Lewis 3pt Shot: Missed	06:05
Booker Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)	06:03
Young Jump Shot: Made (9 PTS) Assist: Lewis (1 AST)	06:00 [WAS 42-38]
	05:45 [OKC 40-42]	Westbrook Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (9 PTS)
	05:24	Ibaka Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
	05:24
	05:24	Cook Substitution replaced by Harden
Wall Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)	05:24 [WAS 43-40]
Wall Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)	05:24 [WAS 44-40]
	05:16	Ibaka Substitution replaced by Krstic
	05:09	Harden 3pt Shot: Missed
Yi Rebound (Off:0 Def:5)	05:08
Young 3pt Shot: Missed	04:55
	04:54	Westbrook Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	04:50 [OKC 42-44]	Durant Alley Oop Dunk Shot: Made (14 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (4 AST)
Young Jump Shot: Missed	04:28
	04:27	Durant Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	04:22 [OKC 44-44]	Green Alley Oop Dunk Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (5 AST)
Team Timeout : Short	04:20
Yi Jump Shot: Missed	04:03
	04:01	Westbrook Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)
Young Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	03:57
	03:57 [OKC 45-44]	Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 (10 PTS)
	03:57 [OKC 46-44]	Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)
Wall Jump Shot: Missed	03:45
	03:44	Durant Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	03:28 [OKC 48-44]	Krstic Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (6 AST)
Lewis 3pt Shot: Missed	03:06
Yi Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)	03:04
	03:04	Krstic Foul : Shooting (2 PF)
Yi Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)	03:04 [WAS 45-48]
Yi Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)	03:04 [WAS 46-48]
	02:46	Green 3pt Shot: Missed
Wall Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	02:44
Yi Jump Shot: Missed	02:32
	02:30	Team Rebound
	02:30	Team Timeout : Regular
	02:21 [OKC 50-46]	Westbrook Driving Layup Shot: Made (13 PTS)
Young Floating Jump shot: Made (11 PTS)	02:02 [WAS 48-50]
	01:46	Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed
	01:46	Westbrook Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
	01:44	Westbrook Layup Shot: Missed Block: Yi (1 BLK)
	01:42	Westbrook Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)
	01:40	Westbrook Reverse Layup Shot: Missed
Yi Rebound (Off:1 Def:6)	01:38
Young Floating Jump shot: Missed	01:28
	01:27	Green Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
Lewis Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	01:21
	01:21 [OKC 51-48]	Harden Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
Lewis Substitution replaced by Thornton	01:21
	01:21 [OKC 52-48]	Harden Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
Yi Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Young (1 AST)	01:05 [WAS 50-52]
Yi Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	00:38.2
	00:38.2 [OKC 53-50]	Harden Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
Yi Substitution replaced by Armstrong	00:38.2
	00:38.2 [OKC 54-50]	Harden Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
Thornton Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS)	00:20.8 [WAS 52-54]
	00:02.3 [OKC 56-52]	Harden Dunk Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (7 AST)
Young 3pt Shot: Missed	00:00.0
Team Rebound	00:00.0
End of 2nd Quarter
Washington Wizards (13-33)		Oklahoma City Thunder (31-16)
Start of 3rd QuarterBack to Top
Young Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (13 PTS)	11:39 [WAS 54-56]
	11:27	Durant Turnover : Step Out of Bounds Turnover (2 TO)
Blatche Jump Shot: Missed	11:15
	11:14	Green Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)
	11:10	Durant Turnover : Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (3 TO)
Booker Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Wall (6 AST)	11:00 [WAS 56-56]
	10:46	Durant 3pt Shot: Missed
Team Rebound	10:45
Wall Jump Shot: Missed	10:34
Booker Rebound (Off:3 Def:1)	10:34
	10:34	Krstic Foul : Shooting (3 PF)
Booker Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	10:34
Team Rebound	10:34
Booker Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)	10:34 [WAS 57-56]
	10:26	Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed
	10:24	Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
	10:22	Durant Turnover : Lost Ball (4 TO) Steal:Blatche (2 ST)
	10:19	Green Violation:Kicked Ball
Young Jump Shot: Missed	10:14
Team Rebound	10:10
Wall Jump Shot: Missed Block: Westbrook (1 BLK)	09:56
	09:55	Team Rebound
	09:39	Harden 3pt Shot: Missed
	09:38	Krstic Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
Booker Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	09:36
	09:36 [OKC 57-57]	Krstic Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
	09:36 [OKC 58-57]	Krstic Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
Blatche Turnover : Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (1 TO)	09:13
	09:03	Krstic Jump Shot: Missed
Wall Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	09:02
Young Jump Shot: Missed Block: Harden (1 BLK)	08:45
	08:44	Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	08:32 [OKC 60-57]	Durant Jump Shot: Made (16 PTS) Assist: Harden (1 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	08:30
Young Layup Shot: Missed	08:05
	08:04	Westbrook Rebound (Off:2 Def:5)
	08:00	Westbrook Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Blatche (3 ST)
Booker Dunk Shot: Made (9 PTS)	07:56 [WAS 59-60]
	07:34	Green Layup Shot: Missed
	07:32	Krstic Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)
Booker Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	07:31
	07:31	Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	07:31	Team Rebound
	07:31 [OKC 61-59]	Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 (14 PTS)
Blatche Driving Reverse Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS)	07:10 [WAS 61-61]
	06:54	Durant 3pt Shot: Missed
	06:52	Green Rebound (Off:2 Def:5)
	06:51 [OKC 63-61]	Green Putback Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS)
Lewis 3pt Shot: Made (13 PTS) Assist: Blatche (1 AST)	06:31 [WAS 64-63]
	06:15	Green Driving Layup Shot: Missed
Team Rebound	06:15
Lewis Jump Shot: Missed	06:05
Booker Rebound (Off:4 Def:1)	06:04
Booker Tip Shot: Made (11 PTS)	06:04 [WAS 66-63]
	06:02	Team Timeout : Regular
	05:48 [OKC 65-66]	Durant Driving Slam Dunk Shot: Made (18 PTS) Assist: Krstic (1 AST)
Lewis 3pt Shot: Made (16 PTS) Assist: Blatche (2 AST)	05:26 [WAS 69-65]
Blatche Foul : Personal (4 PF)	05:14
Blatche Substitution replaced by Yi	05:14
	05:05 [OKC 67-69]	Green Jump Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (8 AST)
Booker Reverse Layup Shot: Made (13 PTS)	04:39 [WAS 71-67]
	04:24	Krstic Jump Shot: Missed
Booker Rebound (Off:4 Def:2)	04:23
Wall Driving Layup Shot: Missed	04:10
	04:08	Green Rebound (Off:2 Def:6)
	04:03	Harden 3pt Shot: Missed
Lewis Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)	04:01
Young 3pt Shot: Missed	03:54
	03:53	Westbrook Rebound (Off:2 Def:6)
Lewis Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	03:49
	03:49 [OKC 68-71]	Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 (15 PTS)
	03:49	Krstic Substitution replaced by Collison
	03:49	Harden Substitution replaced by Cook
	03:49 [OKC 69-71]	Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 (16 PTS)
Young Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (15 PTS)	03:38 [WAS 73-69]
	03:25	Durant Jump Shot: Missed
Lewis Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)	03:23
Young Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (17 PTS)	03:10 [WAS 75-69]
	02:54 [OKC 71-75]	Westbrook Jump Shot: Made (18 PTS) Assist: Green (2 AST)
Booker Turnover : Traveling (2 TO)	02:35
	02:26	Westbrook Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Yi (1 ST)
	02:22	Westbrook Foul : Personal (1 PF)
Lewis Jump Shot: Missed	02:16
Team Rebound	02:15
Yi Jump Shot: Missed	02:10
	02:07	Cook Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	02:00	Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed
Yi Rebound (Off:1 Def:7)	01:59
Wall Jump Shot: Missed	01:51
Booker Rebound (Off:5 Def:2)	01:50
Young Jump Shot: Missed	01:31
	01:29	Team Rebound
Booker Foul : Loose Ball (4 PF)	01:29
	01:29 [OKC 72-75]	Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 (19 PTS)
Booker Substitution replaced by Thornton	01:29
	01:29 [OKC 73-75]	Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 (20 PTS)
	01:17	Green Foul : Shooting (3 PF)
Lewis Free Throw 1 of 2 (17 PTS)	01:17 [WAS 76-73]
	01:17	Durant Substitution replaced by Harden
Lewis Free Throw 2 of 2 (18 PTS)	01:17 [WAS 77-73]
	01:08	Cook 3pt Shot: Missed
	01:07	Westbrook Rebound (Off:3 Def:6)
	00:59.4	Westbrook Turnover : Traveling (3 TO)
	00:46.7	Harden Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Yi Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	00:46.7
Team Rebound	00:46.7
Wall Substitution replaced by Shakur	00:46.7
	00:46.7	Westbrook Substitution replaced by Maynor
Yi Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)	00:46.7 [WAS 78-73]
	00:36.2 [OKC 75-78]	Harden Driving Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS)
Lewis Jump Shot: Missed	00:14.9
Team Rebound	00:14.3
	00:14.3	Harden Foul : Loose Ball (2 PF)
Yi Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)	00:14.3 [WAS 79-75]
Yi Free Throw 2 of 2 (9 PTS)	00:14.3 [WAS 80-75]
End of 3rd Quarter
Washington Wizards (13-33)		Oklahoma City Thunder (31-16)
Start of 4th QuarterBack to Top
	11:50	Maynor Driving Layup Shot: Missed
	11:49	Jump Ball Green vs Yi (Lewis gains possession)
Team Rebound	11:49
Lewis Step Back Jump shot: Made (20 PTS)	11:30 [WAS 82-75]
Thornton Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	11:09
	11:09	Green Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	11:09	Team Rebound
	11:09 [OKC 76-82]	Green Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)
Young Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Collison (1 ST)	10:49
	10:45	Maynor Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO)
Thornton Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Cook (1 ST)	10:24
	10:17	Cook 3pt Shot: Missed
	10:15	Cook Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
	10:07 [OKC 78-82]	Collison Reverse Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Harden (2 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	09:58
Young Substitution replaced by Wall	09:58
Shakur Substitution replaced by Blatche	09:58
Lewis 3pt Shot: Missed	09:41
	09:40	Cook Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	09:20 [OKC 80-82]	Collison Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Maynor (3 AST)
Blatche Jump Shot: Missed	09:01
Yi Rebound (Off:2 Def:7)	08:59
Yi Tip Shot: Missed	08:59
	08:58	Green Rebound (Off:2 Def:7)
	08:52 [OKC 83-82]	Cook 3pt Shot: Made (9 PTS) Assist: Maynor (4 AST)
Lewis Jump Shot: Missed	08:31
Yi Rebound (Off:3 Def:7)	08:29
Blatche Layup Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Yi (2 AST)	08:28 [WAS 84-83]
	08:28	Collison Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Yi Substitution replaced by Booker	08:28
	08:28	Green Substitution replaced by Ibaka
	08:28	Cook Substitution replaced by Durant
Blatche Free Throw 1 of 1 (11 PTS)	08:28 [WAS 85-83]
	08:17 [OKC 85-85]	Ibaka Alley Oop Dunk Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Maynor (5 AST)
Blatche Jump Shot: Missed	07:51
	07:50	Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
	07:43	Durant 3pt Shot: Missed
	07:42	Collison Rebound (Off:3 Def:1)
	07:38	Ibaka Jump Shot: Missed
Blatche Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	07:37
Booker Dunk Shot: Made (15 PTS) Assist: Blatche (3 AST)	07:24 [WAS 87-85]
	07:05 [OKC 87-87]	Durant Reverse Layup Shot: Made (20 PTS) Assist: Maynor (6 AST)
Blatche Jump Shot: Missed	06:48
	06:47	Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)
	06:33	Durant 3pt Shot: Missed
Thornton Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	06:32
	06:12	Durant Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
	06:12	Maynor Substitution replaced by Westbrook
Booker Free Throw 1 of 2 (16 PTS)	06:12 [WAS 88-87]
Lewis Substitution replaced by Young	06:12
Booker Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	06:12
	06:11	Ibaka Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)
	05:55 [OKC 89-88]	Westbrook Driving Layup Shot: Made (22 PTS)
Booker Alley Oop Dunk Shot: Made (18 PTS) Assist: Wall (7 AST)	05:36 [WAS 90-89]
	05:36	Collison Foul : Shooting (2 PF)
	05:36
	05:36	Ibaka Substitution replaced by Green
Booker Free Throw 1 of 1 (19 PTS)	05:36 [WAS 91-89]
	05:27 [OKC 91-91]	Westbrook Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (24 PTS)
Booker Jump Shot: Made (21 PTS)	05:05 [WAS 93-91]
	04:55	Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed
Booker Rebound (Off:5 Def:3)	04:53
Thornton Turnover : Lost Ball (2 TO) Steal:Durant (1 ST)	04:33
	04:29 [OKC 93-93]	Green Layup Shot: Made (13 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (9 AST)
Young Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (19 PTS)	04:06 [WAS 95-93]
	03:51	Durant Jump Shot: Missed
Booker Rebound (Off:5 Def:4)	03:50
Young Fade Away Bank shot: Made (21 PTS)	03:28 [WAS 97-93]
	03:28	Harden Foul : Shooting (3 PF)
Thornton Substitution replaced by Lewis	03:28
Young Free Throw 1 of 1 Missed	03:28
	03:27	Green Rebound (Off:2 Def:8)
Wall Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	03:16
	03:16 [OKC 94-97]	Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (21 PTS)
	03:16 [OKC 95-97]	Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (22 PTS)
	02:55	Harden Foul : Shooting (4 PF)
	02:55	Team Timeout : Regular
Young Free Throw 1 of 2 (22 PTS)	02:55 [WAS 98-95]
Young Free Throw 2 of 2 (23 PTS)	02:55 [WAS 99-95]
	02:46	Westbrook Driving Layup Shot: Missed
	02:45	Collison Rebound (Off:4 Def:1)
Young Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	02:33
	02:33	Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	02:33	Team Rebound
	02:33 [OKC 96-99]	Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 (25 PTS)
Booker Jump Shot: Missed	02:12
	02:10	Westbrook Rebound (Off:3 Def:7)
	02:06 [OKC 98-99]	Westbrook Driving Layup Shot: Made (27 PTS)
Wall Jump Shot: Missed Block: Harden (2 BLK)	01:46
	01:44	Green Rebound (Off:2 Def:9)
	01:40 [OKC 100-99]	Westbrook Driving Bank shot: Made (29 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	01:40
Young Fade Away Jumper Shot: Missed	01:30
Blatche Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	01:29
	01:17	Harden Foul : Shooting (5 PF)
Wall Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	01:17
Team Rebound	01:17
Wall Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	01:17
	01:15	Harden Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	01:04 [OKC 102-99]	Durant Jump Shot: Made (24 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (10 AST)
Team Timeout : Short	01:04
Blatche Layup Shot: Made (13 PTS)	00:56.9 [WAS 101-102]
	00:45.9	Westbrook Turnover : Lost Ball (4 TO) Steal:Wall (2 ST)
Young Jump Shot: Missed	00:39.9
Lewis Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)	00:38.9
Blatche Jump Shot: Missed	00:20.9
	00:18.9	Westbrook Rebound (Off:3 Def:8)
Young Foul : Personal (3 PF)	00:18.0
	00:18.0	Team Timeout : Short
Blatche Substitution replaced by Thornton	00:18.0
Lewis Foul : Personal Take (4 PF)	00:16.9
	00:16.9	Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	00:16.9	Team Rebound
Thornton Substitution replaced by Blatche	00:16.9
	00:16.9 [OKC 103-101]	Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (25 PTS)
Team Timeout : Short	00:16.9
Young Jump Shot: Made (25 PTS) Assist: Wall (8 AST)	00:13.1 [WAS 103-103]
	00:13.1	Team Timeout : Regular
	00:00.0	Durant 3pt Shot: Missed
	00:00.0	Team Rebound
End of 4th Quarter
Washington Wizards (13-33)		Oklahoma City Thunder (31-16)
Start of 1st OvertimeBack to Top
(05:00) Jump Ball Durant vs Blatche (Collison gains possession)
	04:40 [OKC 105-103]	Westbrook Jump Shot: Made (31 PTS)
Wall 3pt Shot: Made (11 PTS)	04:14 [WAS 106-105]
	03:59 [OKC 107-106]	Durant Jump Shot: Made (27 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (11 AST)
	03:41	Westbrook Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Lewis 3pt Shot: Missed	03:29
	03:28	Harden Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	03:14 [OKC 109-106]	Durant Jump Shot: Made (29 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (12 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	03:13
Young Running Bank shot: Missed	02:59
	02:58	Westbrook Rebound (Off:3 Def:9)
	02:37	Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed
Booker Rebound (Off:5 Def:5)	02:36
Wall Driving Layup Shot: Made (13 PTS)	02:31 [WAS 108-109]
Booker Foul : Shooting (5 PF)	02:11
	02:11 [OKC 110-108]	Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (30 PTS)
	02:11	Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Booker Rebound (Off:5 Def:6)	02:10
Young Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (27 PTS)	01:57 [WAS 110-110]
	01:42	Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed
Booker Rebound (Off:5 Def:7)	01:41
Wall 3pt Shot: Missed Block: Westbrook (2 BLK)	01:18
Team Rebound	01:17
Team Turnover : Shot Clock Turnover	01:17
	01:02	Durant Step Back Jump shot: Missed
Wall Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)	01:01
Wall 3pt Shot: Missed	00:39.9
	00:38.7	Westbrook Rebound (Off:3 Def:10)
	00:33.9	Team Timeout : Regular
	00:20.9	Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed
Wall Rebound (Off:0 Def:5)	00:19.5
Team Timeout : Regular	00:19.5
	00:05.5	Harden Foul : Personal (6 PF)
	00:05.5	Harden Substitution replaced by Cook
Young Jump Shot: Missed	00:00.9
Lewis Rebound (Off:3 Def:4)	00:00.2
Lewis Tip Shot: Missed	00:00.2
Team Rebound	00:00.0
End of 1st Overtime
Washington Wizards (13-33)		Oklahoma City Thunder (31-16)
Start of 2nd OvertimeBack to Top
(05:00) Jump Ball Durant vs Booker (Blatche gains possession)
Lewis Jump Shot: Made (22 PTS) Assist: Wall (9 AST)	04:45 [WAS 112-110]
	04:28 [OKC 112-112]	Westbrook Jump Bank Shot: Made (33 PTS)
Young 3pt Shot: Made (30 PTS) Assist: Wall (10 AST)	04:03 [WAS 115-112]
	03:38	Westbrook Jump Shot: Missed
Lewis Rebound (Off:3 Def:5)	03:36
Young Floating Jump shot: Missed	03:18
	03:17	Collison Rebound (Off:4 Def:2)
	03:10 [OKC 114-115]	Durant Layup Shot: Made (32 PTS)
Booker Foul : Shooting (6 PF)	03:10
Booker Substitution replaced by Yi	03:10
	03:10 [OKC 115-115]	Durant Free Throw 1 of 1 (33 PTS)
Blatche Layup Shot: Missed	02:56
	02:52	Collison Rebound (Off:4 Def:3)
	02:51	Collison Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Young (1 ST)
Wall Step Back Jump shot: Missed	02:47
	02:45	Durant Rebound (Off:1 Def:6)
	02:28 [OKC 118-115]	Durant 3pt Shot: Made (36 PTS) Assist: Westbrook (13 AST)
Lewis 3pt Shot: Missed	02:11
	02:10	Cook Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
	01:48 [OKC 120-115]	Durant Jump Shot: Made (38 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	01:47
Young Jump Shot: Missed	01:34
	01:33	Green Rebound (Off:2 Def:10)
	01:22 [OKC 122-115]	Westbrook Layup Shot: Made (35 PTS) Assist: Cook (1 AST)
Team Timeout : Short	01:16
Young Running Jump Shot: Made (32 PTS)	01:07 [WAS 117-122]
	00:44.2 [OKC 124-117]	Durant Jump Shot: Made (40 PTS)
Young Jump Shot: Missed	00:33.9
	00:31.9	Collison Rebound (Off:4 Def:4)
	00:11.8	Cook 3pt Shot: Missed
Yi Rebound (Off:3 Def:8)	00:09.9
Wall 3pt Shot: Missed	00:00.0
Team Rebound	00:00.0
End of 2nd Overtime

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