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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant Hoping Russell Westbrook Doesn’t Choke Up in Crunch Time
The Oklahoma City Thunder rely on a lot of factors, like every other NBA team, but the performance of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook determines almost everything for them, especially in close games, which have been a problem this season.
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NBA Rumors – Thunder Can’t be Champions, Even With Durant & Westbrook
The loss to the San Antonio Spurs was a classic Oklahoma City Thunder moment of realizing that no matter how good Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant are as players, the team built around them just isn’t going to win an NBA championship.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Need to Stop Trusting Russell Westbrook in Fourth Quarters
The Oklahoma City Thunder were cruising to a comfortable victory on the road against the Los Angeles Clippers, until they stopped playing defense, stopped thinking or maybe even stopped playing hard. That’s the explanation you’ll get from Kevin Durant and Billy Donovan. Where is Russell Westbrook in all of this?
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Haven’t Changed at All
The Oklahoma City Thunder want to be champions, badly. They’ve believed for so long that the combination of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, surrounded by the right pieces, will finally get them there. They changed head coaches, flipping Scott Brooks into Billy Donovan. They’re trying to play a different style of basketball. And it’s working out, but in the same way it has in the past, which means they’re setting themselves up for disappointment.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors & Oklahoma City Thunder Might be the Best Matchup The League Has to Offer
The Golden State Warriors felt there was something special about their win against the Oklahoma City Thunder. While they might have been beaten before (only four times), facing a team that can run and gun with them right up to the end mean that this might be the matchup they need to focus on in the playoffs.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Need Russell Westbrook to Grow Up
The Dallas Mavericks went into their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder knowing they were going to lose, resting their entire starting lineup. No wonder the big headline from the blowout was Russell Westbrook getting thrown out of the game via a two-technicals ejection instead of the scoring from Kevin Durant and the rest.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook Calmer When Kevin Durant is Around
It’s stating the obvious saying that the Oklahoma City Thunder are better off with Kevin Durant than without him. That’s not the point. The issue is how having Durant back in action takes the team out of the irresponsible hands of Russell Westbrook, and balances things out for a bit.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Not Having Kevin Durant Isn’t That Bad When Russell Westbrook is on Your Team
The Oklahoma City Thunder don’t have Kevin Durant right now, but they do have Russell Westbrook. Against a New Orleans Pelicans team that’s missing Anthony Davis and most of their rotation, that’s enough to win 110-103.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Need to Remind Russell Westbrook It’s a Team Sport
The one man wrecking crew of Russell Westbrook can do two things: He can either destroy teams single handedly, or he can ruin it for his own team, the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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BA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant Show Washington Wizards They Don’t Care About Them
The Oklahoma City Thunder did beat the Washington Wizards 125-101 as if to show Kevin Durant what he’d be missing if he leaves, but an injury to the one-time MVP might make this blowout victory less than worth it.