Tag: Serge Ibaka

  • Oklahoma City Thunder – Not Just a Two Man Show

    Oklahoma City Thunder – Not Just a Two Man Show

    It’s easy to diminish the Oklahoma City Thunder into being a two-man team of Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant, but when the two of them have great games, it’s the help of the other guys like Serge Ibaka and Thabo Sefolosha that makes them truly unbeatable, just like they showed in a 112-101 win over the Los Angeles Clippers to make it 1-1 in the conference semifinals series.

  • Oklahoma City Thunder – An Unlikely Hero

    Oklahoma City Thunder – An Unlikely Hero

    Maybe Reggie Jackson took a step forward, or it might have been Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook stepping back. Whatever it was, it worked, and saved the series for the Oklahoma City Thunder, coming away with the 92-89 overtime win over the Memphis Grizzlies to tie things at 2-2 and head back home feeling confidence again.

  • Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Punishes Every Mistake

    Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Punishes Every Mistake

    The Memphis Grizzlies have what it takes to make this series a very difficult one for the Oklahoma City Thunder, but an upset? Right now they don’t have an answer for Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, who sprinted for a fast break finish after every miss or mistake the visitors made, pulling off a 100-86 series opening win in game 1.

  • Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Still in MVP Mode

    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.

  • Oklahoma City Thunder – Home Court Humiliation

    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.

  • Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Makes it Look Too Easy

    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.

  • Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Shows Off to Carmelo Anthony

    While the Oklahoma City Thunder did a great job in containing Carmelo Anthony and ruining the game for the New York Knicks, Kevin Durant provided the spark on offense with another tremendous, MVP-like game from him, almost ending in a triple double.

  • Best Players Not in the 2014 NBA All-Star Game

    With every All-Star game, there are the players who didn’t make it in but probably deserved it more than some who did. This season, it seems that Anthony Davis, Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka have the most to gripe about when it comes to being left out.

  • Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Playing Perfect Basketball

    Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Playing Perfect Basketball

    We’re running out of superlatives, but that doesn’t really matter to Kevin Durant, who keeps leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to wins through his amazing scoring ability, this time saving his best for last, including a game-winning shot with 2.1 seconds left in the game to beat the Atlanta Hawks 111-109.

  • Oklahoma City Thunder – Better Without Russell Westbrook?

    Oklahoma City Thunder – Better Without Russell Westbrook?

    The recent winning streak the Oklahoma City Thunder are on, combined with an incredible scoring run by Kevin Durant makes it a reasonable thing to bring up: Are they better off without Russell Westbrook playing?