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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Scary Even When Relaxed
After exploding on the Denver Nuggets in the first quarter, Kevin Durant had luxury of taking it easy for most of the game, including resting in the fourth quarter. Still, his relaxed mode is better than anything most of the league’s players do when they’re at their best, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder o a comfortable 117-96 win.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Doing it on His Own
The absence of Russell Westbrook, this time because of a knee injury suffered during the game, just makes Kevin Durant better, as he takes his game to another level in order to make sure the Oklahoma City Thunder keep moving in the same direction, this time dramatically beating the Toronto Raptors 119-118.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Still in MVP Mode
Less than a month after the Cleveland Cavaliers stunned the Oklahoma City Thunder at home, Kevin Durant wouldn’t let that slight get by him a second time and put on quite the offensive performance to lead his team to a 102-95 win.
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2013-2014 NBA MVP: Kevin Durant or LeBron James, no one else
Even though there’s no real argument about Kevin Durant and LeBron James being the two best players in the NBA, fans and media alike love to throw out alternatives to the MVP award. Chris Paul is always mentioned, with Kevin Love and Blake Griffin getting a nod or two this season. Paul George was on the radar ealier in the year, and so were LaMarcus Aldridge and Anthony Davis.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant & Russell Westbrook Too Difficult to Stop
The Chicago Bulls might have one of the best defenses in the NBA, which means making life as bit difficult for the Oklahoma City Thunder, but not hard enough as Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook had another excellent game en route to a 97-85 win.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Home Court Humiliation
The Oklahoma City Thunder do have the excuse of missing three starting players, including a resting Russell Westbrook, but it’s still hard to fathom just how bad they looked in a 109-86 loss at home to the Dallas Mavericks, pulling them even further away from the top spot in the Western conference.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Revenge is Easy Against Terrible Teams
Losing to the Los Angeles Lakers is quite embarassing, at least this season, and especially for a championship caliber team like the Oklahoma City Thunder. So revenge was on the mind of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook when they stepped on the floor, thinking about that recent loss. But it’s not such a noteworthy thing to do – get payback – when it’s such a bad & sad bunch of players on the other side.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Makes it Look Too Easy
A big statement for the Oklahoma City Thunder as they beat the Houston Rockets 106-98. Russell Westbrook was fighting his inner demons with Patrick Beverley making life very difficult for him most of the night, but Kevin Durant seemed in a zone of his own, not for the first time this season, making yet another impressive scoring performance look almost effortless and easy.
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Lakers Over Thunder – The Problems Arrogance Brings
Even though the Oklahoma City Thunder have injuries, there’s no reason for them to look this bad against the Los Angeles Lakers, the worst team in the West. While Kevin Duratn & Russell Westbrook were putting on an offensive horror show, Jodie Meeks made a laughing stokc of a defense that’s supposed to be one of the best in the league.
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Suns Over Thunder – A Team Better Than Just Two Players
As good as Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant can be, and they were against the Phoenix Suns, there will be some nights that these individual efforts without going in a different way won’t be enough, resulting in a 128-122 loss during an excellent game, with Gerald Green starring on the other end.