| Thunder dominate Lakers in Game 4, even series |
Sun Apr 25 01:05:22 2010 EST |
| Oklahoma City, OK (Sports Network) - The Oklahoma City Thunder have the defending NBA champions reeling, and now their first-round series has come down to essentially a best-of-three format. Kevin Durant poured in 22 points and the Thunder used a strong defensive performance in a 110-89 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers to even their Western Conference quarterfinal series after four games. Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant was limited to 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting, and the Thunder surged by using a |
| Durant, Thunder try and even series vs. Lakers |
Sat Apr 24 10:34:50 2010 EST |
| (Sports Network) - The upstart Oklahoma City Thunder hope to deadlock their Western Conference quarterfinals series with the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers tonight. The Thunder got back in the set on Thursday when Kevin Durant scored 29 points and pulled down 19 rebounds, pacing Oklahoma City to a 101-96 win over the Lakers in Game 3. On a night Oklahoma City's Scott Brooks was handed the award as the league's top head coach, the Thunder garnered their first playoff win as a franchis |
| Durant shows he's more than a scorer with clutch D |
Fri Apr 23 17:12:00 2010 EST |
| A CITY (AP) -There's no doubting that Kevin Durant can score. But it took some convincing for the NBA's scoring champion to believe that he could really impact a game when his shots weren't going in - a lesson that proved crucial to the Oklahoma City Thunder's improvement this season. Durant developed enough on the defensive end that he was asking to guard Kobe Bryant in the fourth quarter of Oklahoma City's 101-96 victory in Game 3 against the Los Angeles Lakers. He limited Bryant to 2-for |
| Brooks named coach of the year |
Wed Apr 21 17:34:42 2010 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks was named NBA coach of the year on Wednesday. Brooks guided the team to a 50-32 record, a 27-game improvement over the last season, and its first playoff appearance since the 2004-05 season, when the club was in Seattle. He received 71 first-place votes from a panel of 123 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Scott Skiles of Milwaukee was second while Nate McMillan of Portland finish |
| Bryant's 39 carries Lakers past Thunder in Game 2 |
Wed Apr 21 01:52:40 2010 EST |
| Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Kobe Bryant poured in 39 points on a poor shooting night overall for Los Angeles, allowing the Lakers to hold off the Oklahoma City Thunder and take Game 2 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series, 95-92. Pau Gasol was also a presence with 25 points and 12 rebounds to help offset a 37.5 percent team shooting effort for Los Angeles, which nevertheless heads to Oklahoma City with a commanding 2-0 series lead. Bryant, who was held to 21 points in Game 1 on |
| Jackson wants better sustained effort from Lakers |
Mon Apr 19 18:05:00 2010 EST |
LOS ANGELES (AP) -Phil Jackson wants a better sustained effort from the Lakers against the Oklahoma City Thunder. He got it for one quarter in the playoff opener, then watched the defending champions lose energy the rest of the way. The Lakers won 87-79 Sunday mostly on the strength of their dominating first quarter, in which 7-footers Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum scored and rebounded with abandon. Although never losing the lead, the Lakers didn't win another quarter and the Thunder got wit |
| Lakers take Game 1 after stifling Durant, Thunder |
Sun Apr 18 17:59:32 2010 EST |
| t had 21 points and Pau Gasol chipped in 19 with a game-high 13 rebounds, as the Lakers kicked off their quest to repeat as NBA champions with a wire-to-wire 87-79 victory in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Andrew Bynum, who missed the final 13 games of the regular season with a strained right Achilles' tendon, was back in the starting lineup and gave Los Angeles a big boost with 13 points, 12 boards and four blocks. Derek Fisher added 11 p |
| Top-seeded Lakers host Thunder in Game 1 of West quarters |
Sun Apr 18 10:36:10 2010 EST |
| (Sports Network) - The reigning NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers kick off their quest to repeat Sunday in the Western Conference quarterfinals against the talented Oklahoma City Thunder. Lakers coach Phil Jackson got things started a little early, quickly putting both Thunder star Kevin Durant and the league's officials on notice once it was clear LA would match up with the Thunder in the first round of the postseason. It was classic Jackson, a coach who has spent far more time mastering the art |
| Rose, Durant take April honors |
Sat Apr 17 12:59:09 2010 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant have been named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for the games played in April. Rose led the Bulls to a 6-2 record in April, as Chicago captured the East's eighth and final playoff seed. He averaged 25.4 points, 7.0 assists and 4.1 rebounds in those games. Rose stepped up with 30.6 points per game in Chicago's last three contests, all wins, to hel |
| NBA Playoff Preview - LA Lakers vs. Oklahoma City |
Fri Apr 16 11:28:28 2010 EST |
| (Sports Network) - After leading the league in scoring and setting all kinds of team records, MVP candidate Kevin Durant will face a task taller than himself when he leads the upstart Oklahoma City Thunder against the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs. The Thunder captured the eighth seed in the Western Conference playoffs, but played poorly down the stretch. Oklahoma City is in the postseason for the first time since the Seattle SuperSonics won the No |
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