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Oklahoma City Thunder – More Than Just Kevin Durant
The first thing you notice about the Oklahoma City Thunder? Kevin Durant, obviously. The second thing? Russell Westbrook becoming more and more responsible. The thing you don’t always notice? That the Thunder are one of the league’s best teams when it comes to forcing bad shots, bringing them more wins and making life easier than most would think.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Ruins the James Harden Return
The big question before the game was who is more anxious to get a win: The Oklahoma City Thunder or James Harden? It didn’t really matter. The best team on the floor were the Thunder and the best player on the court was Kevin Durant. That individual rivalry and the game weren’t really close.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Serge Ibaka Sets Stage for Kevin Durant
Last time Serge Ibaka scored at least 21 points? It’s been two years to be exact. Too much for a big man that should be more than about defense, dunks and blocks. On another awful shooting night from Russell Westbrook, someone needed to help Kevin Durant on his way to a big finish in Chicago, giving the Oklahoma City Thunder their first road win of the season.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant & Russell Westbrook Get Help
The real help for Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook will be when Scott Brooks and his coaching staff starts drawing up plays that don’t involve isolation and simple screens that are easy for a defense to attack, but actually make the Oklahoma City Thunder look like a thinking team, instead of one that relies only on pure individual talent.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – What’s Next?
A few days to sleep on how they lost the NBA Finals, and that’s it. Summer Olympics for some, with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden all in the running for a spot on the final roster. Serge Ibaka will be there too, with Spain. Afterwards, it’s time for the beginning of another chase – That NBA title that got away from them somehow.
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Serge Ibaka and Shane Battier Deciding the NBA Finals
LeBron James and Kevin Durant trading shots and outscoring each other is all fine and nice, but it seems that Shane Battier of all people is the surprise scoring output for the Miami Heat; The secret ingredient to their Game 2 win, while Serge Ibaka of the Thunder can’t decide if to keep closing the paint or go out and guard the open three point shots.
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Kevin Durant in Historic Fourth Quarter for Him and Oklahoma City Thunder
There are always a few heroes to every tough postseason win, but Kevin Durant was so good, so unstoppable in the fourth quarter, scoring 18 points out of his game high 36 that it eclipsed every good thing anyone on the Thunder or Spurs’ team did or tried to, leading Oklahoma to a 109-103 win, tying the series in 2-2.
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Serge Ibaka Rejecting Nicolas Batum for Block of the Season
Serge Ibaka pulled off another impressive stat line in the Thunder’s 109-95 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, finishing with 8 points, 12 rebounds and 6 blocks, the most impressive of those blocked shots coming against Nicolas Batum who was soaring, on his way to finish with an impressive dunk of his own.
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Durant, Ibaka and Thunder Combine For Historic Night
Kevin Durant scored 51 points, combining with Russell Westbrook for 91, being the first duo to both score over 40 since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in 1996, while Serge Ibaka had a points-rebounds-blocks triple double, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a thrilling 124-118 overtime win over the Denver Nuggets.
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Top Ten Blocks of the 2010-2011 NBA Season
The top 10 blocks of the 2010-2011 season in the NBA.